Accident no accident?

Today's news is full of stories regarding Iran's admission that it was their air defense that shot down the Ukrainian jet. Many are saying "unintentional" or "accidental". Well, we know it was not unintentional, the unit responsible for operating that Air Defense Battery did not "accidentally" fire the missile. Unless they were practicing tracking targets with a live battery, they intended to fire the missile.
We now know that with the exception of the crew and four of the Canadians, every person on the ill-fated flight was of Iranian decent. Many of them were people who visited Iran over the Holiday season and were returning to their lives in Canada and Europe, while several were  students heading back to college.
Is it possible that the plane was specifically targeted? Is it within the realm of reason to believe that possibly the accident story is to cover an intended mass assassination of a person or group of people on the flight?
Iran is in an uproar right now. the death of their terrorist general has thrown the regime into chaos. There have been numerous arrests, and whether that is a long knives sort of deal, or a Reinhard type of search for collaborators in the removal of their terror chief, is hard to say at this point.
The loss of life has sparked protests in the streets and calls for the head demon to resign. Unrest is nothing new there, the unarmed population has been revolting for several years,but unable to rid the world of this curse.
This is crazy talk now. We know President Trump spoke with world leaders prior to the drone strike that killed General Blew Eyes. He spoke with Israel, probably Saudi Arabia, and likely Russia and China. Lets face reality, if Russia, Iran's present Ally, were to take this seriously, the retaliatory strikes would have come from Russia and hit the United States.
Instead, Iran fired a few dozen missiles at two bases in Iraq,and promptly begged for a truce. How many casualties? ZERO How much damage? Not much. What was happening here at home? The Pentagon went home early, and as near as we can tell were not summoned back in the middle of an attack.
Is it possible that President Trump spoke with people high up the food chain in Iran and that they green lighted the removal of their general? Are people in the Iranian Government tiring of the continuous turmoil and wanting to bring an end with out seeming to capitulate? Was the retaliation against our bases that accomplished nothing merely for show?  Then what of the downing of this plane?
Accident? Intentional? Some one on the plane specifically targeted and the rest collateral? Did they anticipate a U.S. response and calculate the timing and destroy 176 lives in misplaced anticipation of a counter strike that never came? A sort of Jusie Smollet type false flag? In the games of spy vs spy, the lives of ordinary people never matter. At this point, I don't believe the shooting down was any kind of accident.