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Iran tensions

Iranian missile downed Ukraine plane, Canada says

Air defenses seen to have accidentally kicked in, but Tehran calls it 'impossible'

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on Jan. 9.   © Reuters

OTTAWA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was likely brought down by an Iranian missile, Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said on Thursday, citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources.

The destruction of the airliner, which carried 63 Canadians, "may well have been unintentional," Trudeau told a news conference in Ottawa.

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