PS752

Iranian missile systems

 * With Trump’s approval, Pentagon launched cyber strikes against Iran - Washington Post, June 22, 2019 (archive)

US electronic warfare systems

 * US military specialist on Suter ELINT systems: 'We can fool enemy radar and missiles by manipulating space and time' - Ray Alderman, Military Embedded Systems via Sott.net, July 25, 2017
 * 6 F-35 jets were reportedly on Iran’s borders at time of plane crash: Russia - PressTV, January 17, 2020

Videos

 * New Video Shows 2 Iranian Missiles Striking Doomed Passenger Jet - ZeroHedge, January 14, 2020
 * A video showing two missiles hitting each other, obvious fake/spoof, Twitter, January 9, 2020

Investigation

 * IRGC Releases Details of Accidental Downing of Ukrainian Plane, English translation, IFP News, January 11, 2020
 * ''Now we have arranged an interview with this operator, which will be released soon as part of the plan to publicize the issue. He says in this interview that “we requested for several times that the country’s airspace be cleared of [civilian] flights.’ At the Alert Level 3, this is normal; such requests are made; well our dear brothers didn’t follow up the issue for certain considerations. So the planes fly despite the wartime situation.
 * Ukraine knew Flight 752 had been shot down, but it was careful not to antagonize Iran - Washington Post, January 12, 2020 (archive
 * Iran arrests suspects - PressTV, The Evening Standard, Rusvesna, January 14, 2020
 * Iran says Ukrainian jet was downed by two short range missiles -Bloomberg, January 20, 2020
 * (quoting Iranian civil aviation investigators preliminary info).

Cyber attack?

 * Iran claims US cyberattack led to weapons operator confusing Ukraine plane for American cruise missile - IB Times, January 15, 2020
 * Iranian Military Now Claims US “Cyberattack” Brought Down Passenger Plane - Steve Watson, Summit News, January 16, 2020 (ZeroHedge)
 * Iran Investigating Possible Sabotage of Its Radar System That Led to Downing of Ukrainian Boeing: Report - SouthFront, January 16, 2020

Analysis

 * Let's Talk About How Iran Could Have Shot Down A 737 Full Of Innocent People - Tyler Rogoway, The Drive, January 9, 2020
 * Tor, Iran, and Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 - ckfinite, January 11, 2020
 * Noted, this version of events essentially takes everything in the Western version as truth without doubting it or taking on board anything from the Iranian presentation, or allowing that the video may be fake, and tries to pull it off. There are several problems with it, eg there is so far no physical evidence that the plane was hit by two missiles, and trajectory and other details are in dispute. BC geolocation of impact (12 km from Bidkaneh) or anywhere on the flightradar trajectory is over 8 km from the launch to impact, thus missile engine at impact is off and missile is not visible. With Iranian trajectory, it appears nobody would be there to film this (though Iranian map details are not well seen). Flightradar would interpolate if signal is not received for whatever reason and trajectory seen there (as well as the Iranian claim) needs verification.
 * Noted: The author suggests a launch location which bears no resemblance with the Iranian version of the launch.
 * Why Iran Came Clean And Stopped Covering Up Its Role In The UIA-752 Tragedy - Andrew Korybko, One World, January 11, 2020
 * Was The Shootdown Of The Ukrainian Airplane Near Tehran Really A 'Mistake'? - Moon of Alabama, January 12, 2020
 * TEXAS: Iranian Flight Crash Facts Not Adding Up - Russell Bentley, Fort Russ, January 14, 2020
 * TEXAS: PS-752 And MH-17 – UPDATE And NEW INFO - Russell Bentley, Fort Russ, January 25, 2020
 * Noted, considerably more speculative (and less technically sound) of the two articles. MH17 belongs elsewhere. Video may be as fake as the photo, it remains to be clarified. As for optical observation, operator may fail to relate radar and optical observations in the short time to make a decision, or not using it altogether in the belief that civilian aircrafts were grounded, etc. Fakes could be produced rather quickly by professionals, for a variety of reasons, including pressuring for public admission but yet withdrawing detailed intelligence.

Western MSM

 * Anatomy of a Lie: How Iran Covered Up the Downing of an Airliner - The New York Times (open Rus. version via Newsru), January 26, 2020
 * (Human error is lesser shame then system compromised by adversary)

Speculation

 * Was Iranian Missile Operator Tricked Into Shooting Down The Ukrainian Airlines Plane Over Tehran? - Joe Quinn, Sott.net, January 13, 2020
 * Iran Jet Disaster Setup - Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, Finian Cunningham, Sputnik, January 13, 2020
 * How And Why Iran Shot Down Ukrainian Boeing - SouthFront, January 13, 2020
 * WORLD WAR III: Was Ukrainian flight PS752 a Western false flag combining remote hijacking and transponder disabling to trigger two Tor-M1 missiles? - Robert David Steele, Mehr News Agency, January 14, 2020
 * Who Targeted Ukraine Airlines Flight 752? Iran Shot It Down But There May Be More to the Story - Philip Giraldi, AH Tribune, January 15, 2020
 * False Flag? Fmr CIA Officer Suggests US Hacked Ukrainian Plane Transponder To Provoke Iran Shootdown - ZeroHedge, January 18, 2020

F-35?
Acting Russian FM Lavrov: ''But there is information that after this attack, the Iranians expected another US strike, did not know in what form, but in the airspace right on the Iranian border there were at least six F-35 fighters. This is information that is subject to double-checking. But I want to emphasize the nervousness that is always present in such situations.'' (as robo-translated).
 * Russian military deployed S-400 system near Iraqi border, tracked F-35s: media - Al-Masdar News, January 21, 2020 (source in Chinese)

Victims

 * ''See also US weapon deliveries to Syrian rebels


 * Ukrainian jet victim ran company suspected by UN of violating Libyan arms embargo - CNN, January 24, 2020
 * Olena Malakhova, director of #SkyAviaTrans which played key role in illegal weapon smuggling from Turkey to Libya... Twitter thread by Babak Taghvaee, January 24, 2020