Iran Press/ Iran News: In a Twitter message on Friday, Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned the act of US fighter jets in harassing Iranian Mahan Air passenger plane on Thursday night, saying: "The US illegally occupies the territory of another state and then harasses a scheduled civil airliner—endangering innocent civilian passengers—ostensibly to protect its occupation forces. Audacity to compound lawlessness upon lawlessness."
"These outlaws must be stopped before the disaster," Iranian Foreign Minister warned.
Two American fighter jets came close to an Iranian passenger plane over Syrian airspace causing the pilot to change altitude quickly to avoid a collision, which injured several passengers.
In response to harassing an Iranian passenger plane, the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran has formally submitted a serious protest to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council and called for an immediate investigation.
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