there are indications that the empire may have had a hand in the shoot-down of the iranian airliner;

Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was accidentally shot down by a missile in Iran, on January 8, 2020.

A former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer has raised the possibility of a cyber attack, carried out by the United States and possibly Israel, playing a part in the accidental shoot down of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 early this month. 

“What seems to have been a case of bad judgments and human error does, however, include some elements that have yet to be explained,” Philip Giraldi argued in a recent article published by the American Herald Tribune.

“The Iranian missile operator reportedly experienced considerable ‘jamming’ and the planes transponder switched off and stopped transmitting several minutes before the missiles were launched. There were also problems with the communication network of the air defense command, which may have been related,” the former CIA specialist said.

The Ukrainian passenger plane crashed minutes after take-off near Tehran on January 8, killing all the 176 people on board.  Iran initially blamed the incident on technical failure but, as more information came to light, it announced that the plane was shot down by a missile due to “human error.”.......https://www.veteranstoday.com/2020/01/19/iran-reconsidering-downing-of-airliner-evidence-of-cyber-attack-surfaces/