Iran Press/ Iran news: On 6 April 1994, the airplane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira, the Hutu president of Burundi, was shot down as it prepared to land in Kigali, killing everyone on board. Responsibility for the attack was disputed, with both the RPF and Hutu extremists being blamed.
Retweeting Reuters stories that "France's Macron seeks forgiveness over Rwandan genocide," Ali Bahadori Jahromi, the spokesman for the Iranian government, wrote, "28 years ago today, the Rwandan genocide began and in 100 days, about one million people were killed."
"It was a clear genocide that everyone saw and kept silent about, and some Western countries, such as France, had a direct role in the genocide by sending weapons," he added.
The Hutu blamed the Tutsis for the move, which sparked fierce fighting between the two tribes. In what is known as the worst human tragedy of the last 50 years, in addition to killing 800,000 men, women, and children, 200,000 to 500,000 women were sexually assaulted.
Twenty-two French military officials were directly involved in the genocide, according to a 2016 special investigation.
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