Iran accuses the west of lying about the cause of the Ukrainian airliner crash

Iran has accused the United States and its allies of lying about the cause of the Ukrainian airliner crash near Tehran on Wednesday. The US has suggested the plane was shot down by Iran. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said the possibility that the plane was hit by a missile had neither been ruled out, nor confirmed.

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(Picture: The crash site in Tehran. Credit: AFP)