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Fri Oct 9, 2015, 08:24 PM Oct 2015

Russia, Iran Deny Claims Syria-Bound Missiles Fell In Iran

BY AT EDITOR on OCTOBER 9, 2015

A CNN report, claiming that several Russian cruise missiles targeting Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria actually landed in Iran, has been refuted by the Russian Defense Ministry, while the US State Department say they can’t confirm, RT reports.

The American broadcaster cited two unnamed US officials, who said that four Russian missiles had crashed somewhere in Iran after being launched from vessels in the Caspian Sea. The report suggested that “some buildings were damaged and civilians may have been hurt.”

This triggered a quick reaction from the Russian Defense Ministry, with spokesman Igor Konashenkov saying that all the missiles had hit their targets Wednesday.

“Unlike CNN, we don’t distribute information citing anonymous sources, but show the very missile launches and the way they hit their targets almost in real time,”Konashenkov said.

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Meanwhile, the Iranian defense ministry rejected reports alleging that four of the 26 cruise missiles fired from Russia’s Caspian fleet at IS targets in Syria have crash-landed in Iran, saying the reports are part of the West’s “psychological warfare”.

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Russia, Iran Deny Claims Syria-Bound Missiles Fell In Iran (Original Post) Purveyor Oct 2015 OP
"A CNN report" is just as likely to be made up shit as it is near to truth. Like their Trump news. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #1
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