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Did Iran shoot down PS752 ?

West seems to be sure that Iran shot down Ukrainian Airliner PS 752 killing all 176 on board.

In a tweeted Video by @NarimanGharib which as found authentic by all major publications, one can almost make out blasts that caused the crash.

As per CBS News which quoted US intelligence that a satellite detected infrared “blips” of two missile launches, followed by another blip of an explosion.

Canadian Prime Minister was the first amongst the first one to publically blame Tehran for the tragedy.

<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provides Canadians with an update about the fatal plane crash in Iran. <a href=”https://t.co/Rrcfdv3jSp”>pic.twitter.com/Rrcfdv3jSp</a></p>— CanadianPM (@CanadianPM) <a href=”https://twitter.com/CanadianPM/status/1215461096229916675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>January 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>

Iran meanwhile has denied any involvement in the tragedy. The country has invited Boeing for a joint investigation and challenged US-Canadian assertions.

Tehran Times meanwhile quoted the Iranian spokes person saying ā€œAccording to international regulations, representatives from the civil aviation agency of the country where the crash has taken place (Iran), the civil aviation agency of the country which has issued the airworthiness certificate (Ukraine), the owner of the airliner (Ukraine International Airlines), the aircraft manufacturer (Boeing Co.), and the jet engine manufacturer (CFM International) can participate in the investigation process. A delegate from Ukraine is already in Iran. We call upon Boeing Co. to dispatch its own representative to participate in the process of reading the black box data,ā€

The Spokesperson also added that Ā USĀ National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has accepted Iran’s invitation to participate in theĀ investigation into the Ukrainian jetliner crash.

In times of a direct confrontation with US, its almost unfortunate that US and Canadian administrations jumped to conclusions when their own investigators have been allowed on ground zero. Further the Wetern Intelligence has been spotty at best in the region. While we do believe that airplanes just dont fall from sky, however almost always the reasons for that happening are complex and deem investigation

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