Iranian mistake (2).

Byline: Faisal Zaman - Islamabad

IT is unfortunate that the Ukrainian passenger plane was downed by a missile in Iran. This tragic incident resulted in loss of 176 lives. There were reports that an Iranian missile targeted this commercial airline shortly after it took off from Tehran.

However, the Iranian civil aviation organisation denied any involvement in this horrific incident.

But Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif later confirmed the incident that the plane was mistakenly shot down. Both regretted this disastrous mistake.

This incident has exposed Tehran's tall claims of having a sophisticated military technology that...