Iran’s supreme leader calls for probe into plane’s shootdown

By NASSER KARIMI and JOSEPH KRAUSS
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader has offered condolences and called for an investigation after his country’s armed forces acknowledged that they accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday expressed his “deep sympathy” to the families of the 176 victims, and called on the armed forces to “pursue probable shortcomings and guilt in the painful incident.”
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