The blurry video appears to show a missile launching from a site near Imam Khomeini International Airport and apparently hitting the plane.
after being misidentified as a cruise missile"due to human error at a time of heightened U.S. threats of war."
U.S. officials have identified the weapon as the Gauntlet, a Russian-made SA-15 surface-to-air missile system.and news of a second missile could further inflame Iranians outraged by the government's handling of the tragedy. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have promised a thorough investigation. Most of the passengers were Iranian and Canadian, and representatives of those two countries met with Ukrainian authorities Tuesday to begin sharing information on the crash.Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have heightened since President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of an international agreement designed to curb Iran's nuclear intentions.
"The terrible catastrophe should be thoroughly investigated, and those responsible for this unforgivable mistake will definitely be identified and prosecuted" Rouhani said.
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