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Iran Says It Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner By Mistake

January 10, 2020    11:21 PM ET

Updated at 4:21 a.m. ET Saturday

In a "terrible catastrophe," Iran says it mistakenly shot missiles at a Ukrainian civilian jetliner minutes after takeoff on Wednesday. The
plane crashed on the outskirts of Tehran, killing 176 people.

"Armed Forces' internal investigation has concluded that regrettably
missiles fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of the
Ukrainian plane & death of 176 innocent people," President Hassan
Rouhani wrote on Twitter early Saturday.

"Investigations continue to identify & prosecute this great tragedy & unforgivable mistake," he added.

It's a reversal from earlier statements by Iranian officials, who had repeatedly denied their own missile system shot down the plane.

The country's military now says the plane was shot down as it was
believed to be a hostile object that was approaching a sensitive
location of the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/10/795480690/iran-unintentionally-shot-down-ukrainian-jetliner-killing-176-people

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