Breaking: US increasingly believes Iran mistakenly shot down Ukrainian airliner Tuesday, multiple US officials tell CNN. Assessment based on continuing analysis of satellite, radar & electronic data collected by US military & IC. W/my colleagues @barbarastarrcnn @PamelaBrownCNN
This has enormous implications for the Iranian government. Half the passengers were Iranians. (Many Canadians as well). And Iranian leaders are still excoriating the US for accidental shoot-down of an Iranian airliner in 1988.
Punctures in fuselage indicating possible explosion outside the aircraft (as would occur with a missile) had already attracted the attention of some investigators. Similar marks were visible on wreckage of MH17. 
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