News Exercise #316
1. What seems to be the reason for Iran’s admission?
2. What caused the mistake?
3. What had been the general Iranian feelings toward their government regarding the killing of General Soleimani and for this incident?
Answers:
1. What seems to be the reason for Iran’s admission?
Iran said that they had conducted an internal investigation, but a US expert said that the evidence had clearly told “us” (the world) that it had been the case.
2. What caused the mistake?
They thought the airplane was hostile when it flew toward a sensitive military centre of the Revolutionary Guard.
3. What had been the general Iranian feelings toward their government regarding the killing of General Soleimani and for this incident?
They rallied around the Iranian government after the death of Soleimani but now they have been angered and they feel as though they had been lied to.