Intelligence and government officials from several countries said Thursday that Iran was responsible for the Wednesday shoot-down of a Ukrainian airliner departing from Tehran on a flight to Kyiv. News agencies reported that U.S. satellites detected the firing of the Russian-made SA-15 Gauntlet missile system and intercepted Iranian communications confirmed the missile launch, which may have involved two missiles. All 176 people aboard the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 were killed when the flight crashed near an amusement park after departing from Tehran early Wednesday morning local time.
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