Pentagon has ‘High Level of Confidence’ Iran Shot Down Ukraine Plane
January 09, 2020
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A U.S. official said that the Pentagon has a "high level of confidence" that Iran shot down the Ukrainian plane after takeoff in Tehran on Wednesday:
Investigators are trying to determine what downed the Ukraine International Airlines flight on Wednesday. The probe is expected to be particularly thorny, with heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran over the killing of a top Iranian general likely to complicate international cooperation.