‘Illogical rumors’: Iran responds to US media reports that Ukrainian Boeing was hit by missile over Tehran

Iranian civil aviation authorities

Iranian civil aviation authorities rejected as ‘scientifically impossible’ the media reports that the Ukrainian passenger jet departing Tehran was shot down by a missile, and called the scenario ‘illogical rumors’.

“Scientifically, it is impossible that a missile hit the Ukrainian plane, and such rumours are illogical,” Ali Abedzadeh, head of Iran’s of Civil Aviation Organization, said on Thursday, according to the news agency ISNA.

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