During Eghtedar-e Velayat war game, on 8 March 2016, Hajizadeh said: "the reason we designed our missiles with a range of 2,000 km is to be able to hit our enemies from a safe distance."[4]
U.S. and Canada sanctions
On 24 June 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned him, freezing any of his U.S. assets and banning U.S. persons from doing business with him.[5]
On 29 September 2022, following the protests to the death of Mahsa Amini, Canada added Amir Ali Hajizadeh's name to Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List.[6]
Hajizadeh was the commander of Aerospace Force of IRGC on 8 January 2020 when two surface-to-air missiles were shot to the Boeing 737-800, killing all 176 passengers and crew. Islamic Republic of Iran denied that missile brought down the plane for three days and pretended it was a plane crash.[7] Some in Iran's media even called it impossible. As the evidence and international pressures escalated, IRGC issued a letter on 11 January 2020 and Hajizadeh accepted "full responsibility" for the shootdown.[8] Despite this letter, no-one from IRGC, including Hajizadeh, has been demoted or punished for the crime.
About three years later, in November 2022, Hajizadeh blamed others for late acceptance of responsibility: "The decision was made after 48 hours. We knew what happened from the first hour, but other entities and organizations did not accept it.", he also added "48 hours is not too long (to tell the truth)".[9]
References
^Sardar-Hajizadeh tabnak.ir Retrieved 22 June 2020
^WINER, STUART (3 February 2015). "Iran boasts of rocket aid to Palestinians, Hezbollah". The Time of Israel. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
^"Enemies seek to sabotage missile program: IRGC". Retrieved 12 March 2016.
^Sharafedin, Bozorgmehr (9 March 2016). "Despite Threat Of Sanctions, Iran Tests Missiles Marked With The Phrase 'Israel Must Be Wiped Out'". Huffingtonpost. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^"Issuance of Executive Order of June 24, 2019, "Imposing Sanctions with Respect to Iran;" Iran-related Designations; Counter Terrorism Designations". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
^Canada, Global Affairs (2015-10-19). "Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List". GAC. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
^"Iran denies that missile brought down Ukrainian airliner despite Canadian, U.S. assertions".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^جزئیات حادثه سقوط هواپیمای مسافربری اوکراین از زبان سردار حاجی زاده فرمانده نیروی هوافضای سپاه, retrieved 2022-10-05
^ایران, عصر. "ببینید | چرا اعلام علت سقوط هواپیمای اوکراینی ۴۸ ساعت طول کشید؟". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-11-29.
amir, hajizadeh, persian, امیرعلی, حاجی, زاده, born, february, 1962, tehran, commander, aerospace, force, islamic, revolutionary, guard, corps, since, october, 2009, sardarborn, 1962, february, 1962, allegianceiranservice, branchislamic, revolutionary, guard, . Amir Ali Hajizadeh Persian امیرعلی حاجی زاده born 28 February 1962 in Tehran 1 is commander of Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps since October 2009 2 3 SardarAmir Ali HajizadehBorn 1962 02 28 28 February 1962 age 60 AllegianceIranService wbr branchIslamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsYears of service1981 presentRankBrigadier GeneralCommands heldAerospace ForceDuring Eghtedar e Velayat war game on 8 March 2016 Hajizadeh said the reason we designed our missiles with a range of 2 000 km is to be able to hit our enemies from a safe distance 4 U S and Canada sanctions EditOn 24 June 2019 the U S Treasury Department sanctioned him freezing any of his U S assets and banning U S persons from doing business with him 5 On 29 September 2022 following the protests to the death of Mahsa Amini Canada added Amir Ali Hajizadeh s name to Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List 6 The downing of PS752 EditHajizadeh was the commander of Aerospace Force of IRGC on 8 January 2020 when two surface to air missiles were shot to the Boeing 737 800 killing all 176 passengers and crew Islamic Republic of Iran denied that missile brought down the plane for three days and pretended it was a plane crash 7 Some in Iran s media even called it impossible As the evidence and international pressures escalated IRGC issued a letter on 11 January 2020 and Hajizadeh accepted full responsibility for the shootdown 8 Despite this letter no one from IRGC including Hajizadeh has been demoted or punished for the crime About three years later in November 2022 Hajizadeh blamed others for late acceptance of responsibility The decision was made after 48 hours We knew what happened from the first hour but other entities and organizations did not accept it he also added 48 hours is not too long to tell the truth 9 References Edit Sardar Hajizadeh tabnak ir Retrieved 22 June 2020 WINER STUART 3 February 2015 Iran boasts of rocket aid to Palestinians Hezbollah The Time of Israel Retrieved 12 March 2016 Enemies seek to sabotage missile program IRGC Retrieved 12 March 2016 Sharafedin Bozorgmehr 9 March 2016 Despite Threat Of Sanctions Iran Tests Missiles Marked With The Phrase Israel Must Be Wiped Out Huffingtonpost Retrieved 16 March 2016 Issuance of Executive Order of June 24 2019 Imposing Sanctions with Respect to Iran Iran related Designations Counter Terrorism Designations U S Department of the Treasury Retrieved 2019 06 24 Canada Global Affairs 2015 10 19 Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List GAC Retrieved 2022 10 05 Iran denies that missile brought down Ukrainian airliner despite Canadian U S assertions a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link جزئیات حادثه سقوط هواپیمای مسافربری اوکراین از زبان سردار حاجی زاده فرمانده نیروی هوافضای سپاه retrieved 2022 10 05 ایران عصر ببینید چرا اعلام علت سقوط هواپیمای اوکراینی ۴۸ ساعت طول کشید fa in Persian Retrieved 2022 11 29 Military officesPreceded byHossein Salami Commander of the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force4 October 2009 present Succeeded byIncumbent This biographical article related to the military of Iran is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amir Ali Hajizadeh amp oldid 1133483277, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
