Iran has arrested several people in the case of the crash of a Ukrainian plane. This was stated by the official representative of the judiciary of the country gholamhosein Esmaeili. However, other details, he declined to reveal.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in the Iranian television said that the authorities will conduct a thorough investigation and find out the cause of a tragic error. He stressed that “a single person could be responsible for the crash”, reports “Interfax”.
“Iran’s Armed forces admitted the mistake, and we would like to assure people that this no longer happens,” said Ruhani.
Boeing 737-800 UIA crashed two minutes after takeoff near the airport in Tehran. On Board were 167 passengers and nine crew members, they all died.
three days later, Iran admitted that the plane was shot down by mistake. The fault was the human factor in the background of escalation of the conflict in the United States: the aircraft flew near the military site and Iran was taken for the American cruise missile.
the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that Tehran expects the full recognition of guilt, a formal apology, punishment of those responsible and compensation.
