This is a non-answer from @VPPressSec. The @StateDept statement she is pointing to as evidence for the assertion that Soleimani assisted the hijackers only states that “Iran” (not even IRGC, much less Soleimani) permitted them to transit https://t.co/MzU2fPrzF1 pic.twitter.com/rcXUlfflLs

— Yeganeh Torbati is on book leave in 2024 (@yjtorbati) January 4, 2020