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Iran Denies Shooting Down Passenger Jet

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - Iran is denying allegations that one of its missiles shot
   down a Ukrainian jetliner outside Tehran and is urging the U.S. and
   Canada to provide any information about the crash that killed all 176
   people on board.

   Iranian Civil Aviation Organization chief Ali Abedzadeh said Friday at
   a Tehran news conference that "what we can say with certainty is that
   no missile hit the plane."

   Abedzadeh said if the U.S. and Canada are sure about its suggestions
   the plane was mistakenly hit by a missile, "they should come and show
   their findings to the world," in accordance with world standards.

   Iranian investigative team leader Hassan Rezaeifar said recovering
   information from the plane's black box fight recorders could take more
   than a month. He also said Iran may ask international experts for help
   if it is not able to extract the data.
   

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