Vance: No "conclusive" ties between Iran & FlyDubai attack

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Vice President JD Vance told reporters Monday that he has not yet seen any "conclusive" link between Iran and the copilot who attempted to hijack a FlyDubai flight to Israel last week. "In terms of involvement with Iran, that's something I defer to [CIA Director] John Ratcliffe and some of the intelligence folks on," he told reporters before his trip to Alaska. "I don't want to get ahead of any announcements there but it's certainly something we're looking at, but I wouldn't say I've seen anything conclusive just yet." President Trump suggested Thursday that Iran may have been behind the incident, in which the copilot violently attacked the flight captain and sought to crash the airliner before being overpowered by passengers. "I would say the answer, based on what I'm hearing, is yes. But we're working on it right now," the president told reporters. Vice President Vance also said the U.S. is reviewing flight procedures following the incident, saying it was important to be "ext