Iran "unintentionally" shot down Ukrainian plane.

AP (via Archive): Iran says it 'unintentionally' shot down Ukrainian jetliner.

Iran announced Saturday that its military ‘unintentionally’ shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 aboard.

The statement came Saturday morning and blamed “human error” for the shootdown.

Two days ago: NY Daily News: Iran denies shooting down Ukrainian jet, calling rumors ‘psychological warfare’.

The Iranian military strongly denied blowing a Ukrainian airliner out of the sky after the plane crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday morning, killing all 176 people aboard just hours after Iran fired ballistic missiles at U.S. airbases in Iraq.
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[A] spokesman for the Iranian armed forces quickly shot down those rumors, calling them “psychological warfare” by the government’s opponents.