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  On 13 January 2020, Salami apologized for shooting down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, saying "Never in my life have I felt so ashamed".
  
  On 5 March 2020, Salami said, referencing COVID-19, that "We are now dealing with a biological war." He argued that it "may be the product of American biological warfare." This theory was amplified on 8 March by the state-run Press TV.
  
  In 2022, Salami delivered the following speech at the funeral for victims of a mass shooting by ISIS in Iran. Salami told the Mahsa Amini protests, '"Do not come to the streets. Today is the last day of riots," and blamed Israel and the US for stoking the protests.