DUBAI, Jan 11 (NNN-WAM) – Iran said on Saturday (today), it unintentionally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane, due to human error, after initially denying it brought down the plane, in the tense aftermath of Iranian missile strikes on US targets in Iraq.
Wednesday’s crash heightened international pressure on Iran after months of friction with the United States and tit-for-tat military strikes.
The United States and Canada, which had 57 citizens on board, had blamed an Iranian action for bringing down the aircraft. Ottawa had told Iran that “the world is watching.”
Ukraine had been more cautious in apportioning blame, but said, it had agreed with Canada to push for an objective investigation.– NNN-WAM
