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DISINFO: The United States might have provoked Iran to open fire against a civilian aircraft
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: vz.ru (archived)*
  • Date of publication: January 11, 2020
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 179
  • Countries / regions discussed: Iran, US
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PS752

DISINFO: The United States might have provoked Iran to open fire against a civilian aircraft

SUMMARY

The former commander of the surface-to-air defence section of the Russian Air Force does not exclude that an American reconnaissance UAV, sent to Iran after Tehran’s missile attack on US bases in Iraq, was present close to the Ukrainian passenger aircraft.

RESPONSE

A claim, not supported by any documents. Iran has officially admitted the downing a result of a human error and has allowed independent experts access to the crash site.

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