一名美国高级官员在伊朗承认其武装部队意外击落了一架离开德黑兰的乌克兰航空公司飞机，机上176人全部遇难后表示，伊朗军方指挥和控制不力。

伊朗之后最初否认了导弹击中飞机的报道周三在德黑兰附近，它的军队宣布的周六早上它倒下了乌克兰国际航空公司PS752航班“由于人为失误无意中”事故发生后不久，伊朗军方向邻国伊拉克的一个美国基地发射了弹道火箭，共和国防空部队处于高度戒备状态。导弹袭击是在美国唐纳德·特朗普总统下令在伊拉克发动无人驾驶飞机袭击，伊朗革命卫队圣城军的首领。

一位未透露姓名的美国政府高级官员告诉记者纽约时报周五，伊朗军方指挥和控制不力，他说坠机事件就是明证。他声称，西方的分析人士可能高估了伊朗军方的能力，而且由于官员和部队之间的沟通低于标准，军方内部经常出现混乱。

联合国顾问、驻美国的独立伊朗分析师鲁兹贝·米林布拉希米告诉记者纽约时报:“这场悲剧破坏了伊朗作为一个军事强国的形象，并在地区和国际上严重削弱了它。”

早在周四，美国和伊拉克官员告诉记者新闻周刊 匿名条件是他们认为伊朗导弹系统误击落了乌克兰航班。

伊朗军方在IRNA官方通讯社发表的一份声明中表示，在苏莱曼尼死后，伊朗空军防御单位处于高度戒备状态。

报告称，在“如此敏感和危急的情况下”，乌克兰航空公司的航班“非常接近属于伊朗革命卫队的敏感军事地点”。声明写道，“飞行的高度和方向就像敌人的目标”。

周六，伊朗总统哈桑·鲁哈尼向哀悼死者的家人表示“最诚挚的哀悼”。

他在推特上写道:“武装部队的内部调查得出结论，令人遗憾的是，由于人为失误发射的导弹导致了乌克兰飞机的可怕坠毁& 176名无辜者死亡。

"调查继续发现并起诉这一巨大的悲剧&不可原谅的错误."

2020年1月8日清晨，一架载有176名乘客的乌克兰飞机在伊朗首都德黑兰伊玛目霍梅尼机场附近坠毁，机上所有人遇难，救援队在废墟中工作。

他写道:“伊朗伊斯兰共和国对这一灾难性的错误深感遗憾。

“我向所有哀悼的家庭表达我的想法和祈祷。我表示最诚挚的哀悼。”

伊朗外交部长贾瓦德扎里夫走得更远，暗示坠机事件的间接责任在于美国。“悲伤的一天，”他说推特。“武装部队内部调查的初步结论:美国冒险主义导致危机时的人为失误导致灾难。”

他补充说:“我们对我们的人民、所有受害者的家属以及其他受影响的国家深表遗憾、道歉和哀悼。”

新闻周刊已联系白宫征求意见，如果提供了这篇文章，将更新这篇文章。

DOWNING OF UKRANIAN AIRLINES JET SHOWS IRANIAN MILITARY'S POOR COMMAND AND CONTROL, OFFICIAL SAYS

Iran's military suffers from poor command and control, a senior U.S. official has said after Iran admitted its armed forces accidentally shot down a Ukranian Airlines flight departing Tehran, killing all 176 people on board.

After Iran initially denied reports that one if its missiles hit the aircraft near Tehran on Wednesday, its military announced on Saturday morning that it brought down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 "unintentionally due to human error." The crash shortly after the Iranian military launched ballistic rockets at a U.S. base in neighboring Iraq, and the republic's air defense units were on high alert. The missile attack came after a U.S. drone strike in Iraq ordered by President Donald Trump killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Quds Force.

An unnamed senior U.S. administration official told the The New York Times on Friday that the Iranian military has poor command and control, which he said was evidenced by the crash. He claimed the capabilities of the Iranian military can be overestimated by analysts in the West, and that there is often confusion across the military as communication between officials and units is below par.

Rouzbeh Mirembrahimi, a consultant with the United Nations and an independent Iran analyst based in the U.S., told The New York Times: "This tragedy undermines the image Iran has cultivated as a military power and weakened it significantly both regionally and internationally."

As early as Thursday, U.S. and Iraqi officials told Newsweek on a condition of anonymity that they believed an Iranian missile system had shot down the Ukraine flight by mistake.

Iran's military said in a statement published by the official IRNA news agency that its airforce defense units were on high alert in the wake of Soleimani's death.

In "such a sensitive and critical situation" the Ukraine Airlines flight "moved very close to a sensitive military spot" belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, it said. The "altitude and the direction of the flight's movement were like an enemy target," the statement read.

On Saturday, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani offered his "sincerest condolences" to families mourning the dead.

He tweeted: "Armed Forces' internal investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of the Ukrainian plane & death of 176 innocent people.

"Investigations continue to identify & prosecute this great tragedy & unforgivable mistake."

Rescue teams work amidst debris after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning on January 8, 2020, killing everyone on board.

He wrote: "The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake.

"My thoughts and prayers go to all the mourning families. I offer my sincerest condolences."

The Iranian foreigh affairs minister Javad Zarif went further, suggesting indirect responsiblity for the crash lay with the United States. "A sad day," he tweeted. "Preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by Armed Forces: Human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism led to disaster."

He added: "Our profound regrets, apologies and condolences to our people, to the families of all victims, and to other affected nations."

Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment and will update this article if one is provided.