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Iran will not give black box from crashed Ukrainian airliner to Boeing: Mehr

Simple question:
What does the regime in #Iran have to hide?
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
Even more interesting:

"Ukraine’s embassy in Iran dropped an initial reference to engine failure as the cause of a Ukrainian plane crash outside Tehran on Wednesday."
reuters.com/article/iran-c…
Ukraine Int'l Airlines said a Boeing 737-800 involved in a fatal crash in Iran was one of the best planes in its fleet & its pilots were very experienced.
No sign anything was wrong before the plane took off, last routinely serviced on Jan. 6.
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
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Heshmat Alavi
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#BREAKING
#Iran's regime describes reports of the Ukraine Int'l Airlines flight #PS752 being by missiles as "psychological warfare" against Tehran - via Sky News Arabia
Correction:
being hit by missiles...

Apologies for the typo.
“All these reports are a psychological warfare against Iran..."

Me:
I have one simple question for those who believe the Ukrainian plane was shot down by "accident."

Why does #Iran's regime continue denying the entire matter?
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
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Heshmat Alavi
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#BREAKING
New, unconfirmed video on Telegram claiming to show the moment when Ukrainian Int'l Airlines flight #PS752 was shot down early Wednesday morning, January 8, over a town west of the Iranian capital of Tehran.
#UPDATE
If U.S. officials believe the downing of the Ukrainian Int'l Airlines flight #PS752 was an "accident," why does the regime in #Iran continue denying the entire subject?

Accepting this as an "accident" would make it far easier for Tehran to wrap up the entire matter.
Me thinking:
The regime in #Iran can easily accept the "accident" scenario, prosecute a few low-ranking military officers & compensate the victims' families. Case closed.

Tehran can even claim a rogue military officer/unit shot down the #PS752.

Why continue denying?
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Heshmat Alavi
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#BREAKING
The Ukrainian Int'ls Airlines flight #PS752 that crashed just outside of Tehran, #Iran, was struck by an anti-aircraft missile system, a Pentagon official, a senior U.S. intelligence official & an Iraqi intelligence official told Newsweek.
newsweek.com/iranians-shot-…
"The aircraft is believed to have been struck by a Russia-built Tor-M1 surface-to-air missile system, known to NATO as Gauntlet, the three officials told Newsweek."

This from my Jan 8 thread👇
#BREAKING
-U.S. officials are confident Ukrainian Flt 752 was shot down by Iran
-Satellite detected infrared blips of two missile launches, probably SA-15s, followed shortly by another infrared blip of an explosion.
(Via - @CBSNews)

SA-15, aka Tor M1 missile system
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1: The key here is the reaction of the people.

Most Iraqis don't like the Iranians and the Iranian influence. The anti govt protests there were against a govt controlled by the Iranians and against the Iranians themselves. The PMUs were the ones using snipers to shoot protesters
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Holy cow! Senior militia leaders killed in American strikes in Iraq, and could include Iran’s Qassem Soleimani or one of his top aides from Iraq. Beyond insane.
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Kyle Orton
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So ...

■ Obama never would do anything to hinder #Iran, let alone strike directly

■ Even on PJW's terms, Trump can hardly claim credit for sparing people from orders he gave, BUT

■ Trump never gave orders to attack; this is messaging in search of a summit and "better deal"
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Trump never gave an order to attack #Iran that was revoked.

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