Corcoran going to be so in the words Law Enforcement agency described as africas 1st norco states join us next as we follow an unseen or cortical prediction inside the Capital International airports. Thank you very much for joining us a Senior Commander with irans revolutionary guard has accepted full responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian airliner that killed all 176 people on board commander im iraq. Says it was brought down by accident by a short range missile soon after takeoff from tehran on wednesday it was the same night iran launch missiles at iraqi bases housing u. S. Troops. As a lot of. Those in our Aviation Services who were denying responsibility they were saying this based on their findings and i repeat they are not to blame it is us who are to blame the plane was on its way it did not have any error or mistake everyone worked very well efficiently it was us who made a mistake and we are responsible we should accept responsibility and accountability this was a very small missile and thats why the plane had the time to sort of land and to crash it did not explode straight away so they were not aware i do not know to defend them so our military forces neither the i was aware about it but we are regretful and we also are in pain and we share the pain of those families who lost their loved ones so basically this happened due to the heinous activities of americans that night we were ready to confront in any way there was a prediction that anything could have happened because there were so many airplanes in the air some aircrafts and fighter jets there was a possibility for missiles to fire at us so we were ready unfortunately because of a very small decision made by an individual this tragedy happened our lets bring in our correspondent in tehran. The commander of the revolutionary guard air force apologizing and taking full responsibility for the ukrainian pain crash talk assault prices explanation and the details of how events unfolded. Well it is very much painted a picture that iran was on a war footing that donald trump had threatened 52. 00 sites in iran that iran had reserved retaliated to the assassination of general qassam so the moneys on the evening or early hours of the morning iran have fired missiles into iraq at u. S. Targets he says that iran is expecting the possibility of war that they will heighten tensions on the battery operator had been sent to this location in iran and he had been informed that there was a Cruise Missile and he should have made contact with superiors before firing the rockets he waited for 10 seconds or 10 seconds to make that decision but for some reason. Because of defense purposes or a network been busy he was able to make communication and he made that decision to fire a rocket and he said that he made a bad decision and that it was a mistake the commanders very regretful he said i wish i was dead and i didnt have to see such circumstances and that the that the shoulder all the blame saying that the Aviation Authority isnt to blame but that doesnt explain some of the language that has come out from the iran of the last few days denials you had of the Aviation Authority saying that he was scientifically impossible and in logic of that he was hit by a missile and from statements from the government calling the United States saying that they were lying and that this was psychological warfare he said the commander that this was the fault of the revolutionary guard and the revolutionary guard alone he insisted on this even though he said that they had requested a no fly zone but that request was denied for some reason less silly excepting for responsibility i wonder how this will be received by iranians because even though hes accepting responsibility it would seem that they were failures on many levels. Absolutely iranians right now are very angry and the shock that this has happened this is the images really through some of the statements that came out from the government the Government Spokesperson of the had said that the United States and its friends were sort of rubbing salt in the wounds of the families of the victims the Foreign Ministry spokesperson. Had said that the foreign media western media were engaging in suspicious propaganda they call this lies they said that this was false rumors and the head of the Aviation Authority here had said that this was not true there was no way that it was shot down by a missile that people here are very skeptical they took so long for iran to exploit accept responsibility for the revolution god is saying that its their fault that they shoulder the burden but the head of the judiciary has asked the armed forces for any information and data that they have in regards to this attack because they want to hold people accountable and the president Hassan Rouhani has said that this should be a thorough investigation to find out how this happened and individuals prosecuted if necessary so theres still a lot of anger here inside iran is deeply embarrassing for iran internally but also internationally after saying that the west was making these allegations up but also this questions about how this happened why were things not grounded why was the no fly zone over there are in fact all of iran especially when you were expecting the United States to retaliate so theres still many Unanswered Questions indeed thank you very much for the moment outside big life for a scene tehran lets further analyze these latest developments now and bring in our senior political analyst Marwan Bashar marwan very good to have you with us this events and this tragic tragic incident couldnt have come at a worse time for iran i mean you have a failed nuclear deal the assassination. The revolutionary guard Top Commander kasim salem money on a me on the verge of collapse 1st of all what do you make of how theyve handled this this latest crisis the way the way they have responded were clearly admitting it sooner than later is very important other events happen with other countries and this and they decided just to. Postpone as much as possible so i got to be embarrassed by it i think it was smart. There is a more embarrassing initially saying that you know we had nothing to do with pointing the fingers at the americans and now they have to walk back they have to walk back its better to walk back now than just simply to be under pressure under scrutiny and criticism for months and months to come if you look at it this is really more or less an International Issue with canada ukraine and other people including the United States everyone getting involved in concerns in iran its very difficult to escape the responsibility but to take it on earlier than later but as you said it is unfortunate that its happening while a number of other issues are happening and yet i would say even and i must say even for the victims families its important there is a closure at least at this point in time theres a responsibility we know whats what and now some measures need to be taken what measures for a deal expect iran to take do you think theres going to be a fallout politically within iran well there are some rumors about some people quitting or signing even has several honey theres of course a talk about the responsibility going up the chain who is responsible is there a political responsibility or near volution to go the responsibility or will there be a judicial process going on within the country and of course there is the idea of the compensation the official apology and so on so forth and so theres a number of things that now needs to happen but clearly as i said the fact that sapling earlier the leader is good for everyone you mention president Hassan Rouhani. A year and a half left in office. You know you wonder whether he can survive all these crises whether its a spain crash in fair nuclear. Class and so the money how can he survive them in this 1. 00 and a half years ago or what is he going to have to do to regain the upper hand if there are 2 issues one issue is it depends how many still thinks of him as useful as a window to the world as an important figure that can speak better more moderately the Good Cop Bad Cop division of labor within the area leadership so if i dont have anyone sent to stay there probably more reasons from just the 2nd and i think this is something that we dont address enough because simply it does not make good images i think most iranians are not happy with whats going on as you are should have seen protests recently and more than that as you were saying earlier i dont think people want to live a life of death of a cult of death i dont think they want to remain after 4 decades of confrontation and world war or more of the same i dont think they want to see their economy. Go down 1015 percent more in 2020 and i dont think a lot of people are happy with the way things are going with the direction of the country but we dont necessarily see all of them theres a silent majority or at least a societal half of the society if not majority i would say a majority if is their own their own have their voice heard and i think they could be heard during elections i think Hasan Rowhani might still be. A popular leader of sorts because i think renews do want a peaceful solution to the problem of course a lot of people do blame him and zarif for the failure of the nuclear deal with all due you know this whole bit of that we told you the americans you cannot trust a month or so forth and present trump is enforcing that trend in iran by really not being trustworthy on that question of americas commitment to the nuclear deal the american said impose new sanctions on iraq. Following you know their targeting of these u. S. Bases in iraq in response so past them so a man is assassination of course you know with this admission from tehran of guilt of responsibility in the downing of this ukrainian jet what further actions do you anticipate the americans will take if any well i think just by the mere fact that they took that decision and we saw secretary of state in secular treasury together in a press Conference Addressing the issue of the sanctions on hiking the sanctions and so forth is of course an escalation yes and thats why i think its important what is it were going to hear this afternoon from chancellor merkel and president putin who are meeting to talk about iran and why is that important because look. The same situation the same factors that led us to the tragic few days including the downing of the plane remain sure even if we did pull out of the you know away from the brink of war between iran and the United States the in the escalation of the sanctions and so on so forth and the threatening by iran that they will do something could lead us again to more of the same situation that we saw the last few days unless a 3rd party comes home intervenes and try to be all about leverage because right now the europeans are all but silent the nuclear deal is all but dead thats why its interesting that merkels meeting put of course is a transitional leader at this point in time her days are. Numbered but thats more to the reason that gives her more more latitude if you will to talk to speak her mind to putin about what can you up and russia do today because thats all remember why you took my doesnt have much of a leverage i think putin does have leverage with the iranians both putin and youll do have leverage with some leverage with the americans and i think if only one is able to do something about calming the tensions and taking away the reasons why we got to the crash in the 1st place it would be europeans the russians working together again as i said we will see with this in this afternoon if they have an initiative of sorts to resolve the issue itll certainly be interesting to see what comes out of those talks between protein and medical marijuana as always thank you very much thanks for getting giving us your view here allison move on to other world news and oman has declared 3 days of mourning after the death of its leader Sultan Qaboos bin side outside the regions long as ruling monarch died after a long illness said the age of 79 his cover cousin hyphen been taric outside has been softening as its successor promising to continue the Foreign Policy which has made the gulf countries such an important regional mediator and a few moments matheson will look back on life and legacy but 1st sat iraq reports on a dramatic day of transition in amman. A year 200. In. The announcements of salt on kabul says death came on state t. V. The man who ruled amman for 50 years had been unwell for a number of years 3 days of National Mourning and now underway in amman and a number of regional countries. His funeral has already been held in the capital muscat. And just hours after the announcement of his death his family had already chosen his successor. Haitham been taught at a site sultan kabul says cousin in true monny form his swearing in is the new sultan was a smooth and quick transition site has already served as culture minister and was made in charge of the countrys 2040 Vision Development programme where. We will remain guided by the late sometimes wisdom and will preserve and embark on the achievements he made this is what we are adamant to do to follow in his footsteps with respect to International Relations we will follow the same course and embrace foreign policies based on peaceful coexistence this alton is a mans paramount Decision Maker and also holds the positions of Prime MinisterSupreme Commander of the Armed Forces Minister of defense finance and Foreign Affairs he was holding a very important position about heritage which has to deal with the identity of a man as a country and maintaining the the unity and in the culture us with the very man i would in a man context thats very important also being the secretary of Foreign Affairs ministry thats also important because he was the person who knows exactly what are the files the country are dealing with so. Haitham been been they move their money flag will be flown at half mast for the 40 day islamic period of mourning this transition is a crucial moment for the country so mad to see if that hammer that highly with many waiting to see if hate them aside will continue cobbles his legacy as a negotiator and peacemaker in a volatile region so i dont hide at aljazeera. Saeed al saeed was an only son born in 1942 a life of royal privilege and to a father he would overthrow 30 years later sultan co boss was educated in oman and then at a private school in the u. K. Before graduating from Sandhurst Military Academy and serving in the british army for several months on his return to a man in 1966 his determination to modernize his country is said to have been ignored by his father. 4 years later backed by the british Sultan Qaboos seize the throne he was immediately plunged into his 1st crisis an uprising by communists in though far in the south of a man who wanted independence it took a further 6 years before the fighting ended with the man being supported by forces from britain jordan and iran. Are mans links with iran as well as its Foreign Policy of maintaining good relations with other neighboring countries have made it one of the main negotiators in the gulf that flexible Foreign Policy has been controversial in october 2800 Sultan Qaboos met israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu in the omani capital muscat the meeting dismayed critics who said arab states should not be hosting israeli leaders until peace was established between israel and the palestinians a mans foreign minister said his country was simply facilitating efforts towards negotiations. So had rarely been seen in public since he went through lengthy medical treatment in germany in 2015 he was unmarried and had neither children nor siblings and he did not publicly name a successor. Well lets take a closer look at omans new soltan hyphen been terra garside a prominent member of the ruling family he graduated from Oxford University in the u. K. And completed postgraduate studies at the university of cambridge prior to his inauguration assault on he was the minister of heritage and culture for 18 years a 65 year old was also head of the division 2040 committee helping to develop a mans economic and social strategy i want to bring in. Covered this region extensively forester talk more about where oman is headed under this new leadership we heard from the new assault on a short time ago talking about continuity what is going to be the message whats the message 1st of all of this transition with seen a quick transition from what is a man trying to tell the world and on money the want to to dispel any concerns by the International Community that there must be some uncertainty or instability in the country after the death of sultan couples the man who ruled the country says 970. 00 says we will honor his legacy and we will follow in his footsteps which means that we women tend to neutrality over a man will not interfere in the Domestic Affairs of the country and we will try to offer the same mediating initiatives that we did in the past in different parts of the worlds in the the of