The U.S. believes that a Ukrainian commercial aircraft that crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday was downed by two surface-to-air missiles fired by Iran, a U.S. official said. “We have a high level of confidence that this was shot down by Iran,” the U.S. official said, adding that the plane was being followed by Iranian radar used to aim missiles just before two were fired.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 09, 2020 08:28 UTC