US intelligence reportedly indicates that Iran accidentally shot down the Ukrainian Airlines plane and then realized its mistake

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• US intelligence indicates Iran accidentally shot down a Ukrainian Airlines plane and then quickly realized it had made a mistake, according to The Daily Beast. 
• Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed outside the Iranian capital of Tehran on Wednesday shortly after taking off, killing all 176 people on board. 
• Iranian authorities have claimed that the plane crashed due to technical problems, though US, British, and Canadian intelligence have said it was likely shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile.
• Two US government sources told The Daily Beast that intelligence intercepts showed that Iran quickly realized that it had shot down the plane, which it knew should not have been a military target. 
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US intelligence indicates Iran accidentally shot down a Ukrainian Airlines plane and then realized its mistake, according to The Daily Beast.

Two US government sources told The Daily Beast that intelligence intercepts showed that Iranian civil aviation officials knew the plane should not have been a military target and understood that it had shot down the plane on accident. The US Department of Defense did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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