Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

#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👇

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1215029979077062656?s=20

#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

@CBSNews "One Pentagon and one U.S senior intelligence official told Newsweek that the Pentagon's assessment is that the incident was accidental."

Me:
If so, why is Tehran tampering the investigation?

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1215300548347465728?s=20

@CBSNews If this was an "accident," why is Iran hindering the investigation?

Reuters:
"Iran will not give black box from crashed Ukrainian airliner to Boeing: Mehr"
reuters.com/article/us-ira…

@CBSNews This👇

https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1215313152860135424

@CBSNews "According to the U.S. official, U.S. intelligence is confident that Iran painted the Ukrainian airliner with radar and fired two surface to air missiles that brought down the aircraft."
abcnews.go.com/International/…