UN Finds Inconsistencies In Iranian Claims Over Downed Ukrainian Airliner

Inconsistencies in the Iranian government’s explanation of the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane last year raise questions over whether it was intentional, an independent UN investigator said, although she had found no concrete evidence that it was, reported Reuters.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said they shot down the Ukraine International Airlines plane on January 8, 2020, in error shortly after takeoff, mistaking it for a missile at a time when tensions with Washington were high over the US assassination five days earlier of Qods Force Gen. Qassem Soleimani as he was on the tarmac at Baghdad Airport, Iraq.

All 176 people on board were killed, 138 of whom had ties to Canada.

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