Iran denies firing missile that downed Ukrainian jet, calls for evidence

Posted on AllSides January 10th, 2020
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National Security, Iran, National Defense, Ukrainian plane crash

Multiple officials told NBC News that U.S. intelligence officials have evidence suggesting the jetliner was brought down by a missile in error.

Iran has strongly denied that a Ukraine International Airlines jetliner that crashed in Iran shortly after takeoff earlier this week, killing 176 people, was downed by an Iranian missile by mistake.

"What is obvious for us, and what we can say with certainty, is that no missile hit the plane," Ali Abedzadeh, head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, said on Friday.

Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei, also speaking...

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