Iran announces arrests after shooting down Ukrainian airliner Sounds like they have found a scapegoat.  From the Military Times:  Iranian authorities announced on Tuesday that arrests have been made in connection to the mistaken downing of a Ukrainian airliner taking off from Tehran, which killed all 176 people on board. Iran’s Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili announced the arrests after “extensive investigations,” according to the Associated Press. Iran’s Judiciary has not revealed exactly how many have been arrested at this point. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced on Tuesday that a special court should be convened with “a ranking judge and dozens of experts” to investigate the incident. The airliner had 167 passengers and nine crew members aboard. Some 82 Iranian citizens were among those on the plane when it was brought down by an Iranian missile. The plane was brought down only hours after Iran had fired more than a dozen missiles at U.S. positions in neighboring Iraq. https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/01/iran-announces-arrests-after-shooting-down-ukrainian-airliner/