October 8, 2015
On Wednesday, four Russian navy ships in the Caspian Sea launched a barrage of 26 cruise missiles against targets Russian officials claimed to be "important militant facilities" of the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS). The missiles flew over northwest Iran and the Kurdish territory of Iraq before striking their targets in Syria, according to a Russian defense ministry spokesperson. However, according to US officials, four of the 26 missiles didn't make the full trip—instead falling in Iran. Both Russia and Iran deny that four missiles fell in Iran.
However, an article posted on a Azerbaijani news site claimed that a "UFO" crashed and exploded on Wednesday in Qiz Qapan, a village in Iran's West Azerbaijan Province on the border with Iraq. The explosion caused by the crash, the report from Oyan News claims, broke windows in twelve housing units, and cracked the walls of some older building s in the village. Two people were injured by shattering glass, and four sheep were later found to have been killed. The local report said that Iranian government officials claimed that the incident was a drone crash.
