The Iranian government is denying that its military shot down a Ukrainian International Airlines after it took off from Tehran’s airport on Jan. 8. However, officials from the U.S. and Canada, which lost 63 people in the crash, say they have intelligence that a Russian-supplied Iranian anti-aircraft missile destroyed the Boeing 737-800, killing all 176 aboard.
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Mourners weep during a vigil for the victims of Ukrainian Airlines flight 752 which crashed in Iran during a vigil at Mel Lastman Square in Toronto, Ontario on Jan. 9, 2020. - A Ukrainian airliner crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran on Jan. 8 killing all 176 people on board, in a disaster striking a region rattled by heightened military tensions.
