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Headline Roundup January 10th, 2020

Iran Denies Involvement in Tehran Plane Crash; Video Shows Apparent Missile Impact

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Iranian aviation officials denied involvement in the Ukrainian Flight 752 crash, saying Friday morning with "certainty" that missiles did not hit the plane and calling on Western leaders to "show their findings to the world." Pentagon officials said Thursday it's "highly likely" the plane was downed by two Iranian surface-to-air missiles; President Donald Trump and other leaders have suggested the plane could have been targeted in error. The Associated Press reportedly verified videos that show a missile striking the plane before it crashed shortly after takeoff outside of Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew.

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Iranian officials on Friday denied reports from American and European intelligence agencies that the country shot down a civilian passenger plane shortly after attacking U.S. positions in Iraq.

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 from Tehran to Kyiv was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile battery, according to U.S. officials. President Trump suggested on Thursday that the incident was the result of an error, saying “somebody could have made a mistake on the other side.”

“What is obvious for us, and what we can say with certainty, is that no missile...

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Iran denies downing plane, says West should share evidence
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Friday denied Western allegations that one of its own missiles downed a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed outside Tehran, and called on the U.S. and Canada to share any information they have on the crash, which killed all 176 people on board.

Western leaders said the plane appeared to have been unintentionally hit by a surface-to-air missile just hours after Iran launched around a dozen ballistic missiles at two U.S. bases in Iraq to avenge the killing of its top general in an American airstrike...

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Iran accuses U.S. of "spreading lies" about jetliner crash
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Iranian officials have denied claims that they mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet and accused the United States of "spreading lies" about intelligence suggesting they did. The plane crashed early Wednesday morning soon after takeoff from Tehran's airport, killing everyone on board.

CBS News has learned that U.S. officials are confident Iran shot down the jetliner in the hours after the Iranian missile attack on U.S. targets earlier this week. There were 176 people killed in the crash, mostly Iranian and Canadian nationals. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has...

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