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December 19th, 2015 
Awake Goy TEHRAN (FNA)- Top Military Aide to the Iranian Supreme Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said the downing of the Russian Sukhoi Su-24M bomber in November was a coordinated move by Ankara and Washington.
“Undoubtedly, what is happening in the region is a war with the geopolitical and geostrategic goals and Turkey is paving a wrong path of strategy in this war,” Safavi said, addressing a forum in Tehran on Saturday.
He stressed that Turkey has made strategic mistakes by occupying Northern Iraq, supporting the ISIL in Syria and targeting the Russian fighter jet.
Safavi referred to the collaboration between Ankara and Washington to support the terrorists in the region, and said, “No doubt, the Turkish government couldn’t target Russia’s Sukhoi-24 bomber without the Americans’ permission and they had done prior coordination.”
The Turkish Air Force’s F-16 fighter on November 24 shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M bomber that Ankara claims violated the country’s airspace on the border with Syria. The Su-24M crew ejected but one of the two pilots was killed by fire from the ground. The second pilot was rescued as a result of a 12-hour operation. During evacuation of the Su-24M crew, a Mi-8 helicopter was lost and a contract marine was killed.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said the Su-24M was above Syrian territory and “there was no violation of Turkey’s airspace.” It said the Turkish Air Force fighter violated Syria’s airspace.
The Russian permanent representative to the NATO said earlier this month that he provided data to the bloc proving that Turkey deliberately downed the Russian Su-24 plane.
The Russian permanent representative to NATO said Tuesday he provided data to NATO proving that Turkey deliberately downed the Russian Su-24 plane.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said that Russia’s Alexander Grushko met with bloc’s Deputy Secretary-General Alexander Vershbow to discuss the incident.
“Yes, indeed I had talks with Deputy Secretary-General A. Vershbow over the Su-24 incident…. I laid out the Russian assessment of the incident and cited a series of military and political factors which indicate of the intentional nature of the attack on the Russian plane in the Syrian airspace,” Grushko told media.
Grushko noted that NATO was covering up for Ankara, having not assessed Turkey’s actions, and was therefore responsible for the incident.
Source Article from http://theiranproject.com/blog/2015/12/19/leaders-top-military-aide-accuses-us-of-complicity-in-turkeys-downing-of-russian-su-24-bomber/
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