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By Matthew Luxmoore January 14, 2020 MOSCOW -- In the early hours of January 11, as the world awaited information about the tragic crash near Tehran of Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752, Russia's state-funded news agency RT published an article titled The Demo…

MOSCOW -- In the early hours of January 11, as the world awaited information about the tragic crash near Tehran of Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752, Russia's state-funded news agency RT published an article titled The Demonization Of Iran: How The West Blames Tehran For The Downing Of The Ukrainian Boeing…

Iran's 'catastrophic mistake': Speculation, pressure, then admission By Stuart WILLIAMS Paris (AFP) Jan 11, 2020 Iran missile operator who downed jet acted alone: GuardsTehran (AFP) Jan 11, 2020 - The Iranian missile operator who shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet was acting alone when he opened fire because of a…

KYIV REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 8, 2020 - Employees of the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) ... arrange vigil lanterns to form symbolic runway edge lights as flowers brought by mourners lay at the portraits of nine crew members who were among 176 people on board of the UIA Boeing 737…

When a Boeing passenger jet crashed in Iran early on January 8, speculation immediately swirled that the only plausible explanation was that it had been shot down by Iran. The crash of the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flight came hours after Tehran h…

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has told his Ukrainian counterpart that those behind the downing of the Ukrainian airliner will be brought to justice, the Ukranian presidency said. Rouhani told Volodymyr Zelensky that "all the persons involved in this air d…

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PARIS: When a Boeing passenger jet crashed in Iran early on Jan 8, speculation immediately swirled that the only plausible explanation was that it had been shot down by Iran. The crash of the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flight came hours after Tehra…

The story so far: On January 8, 2020, a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800, on a flight from Tehran, Iran to Kiev, Ukraine, a nearly 2,300 km route, fell to the ground after initially climbing to about 8,000 ft. There was no communication from the …