A UN agency has called on Islamic Republic of Iran to speed up its investigation into a Ukrainian plane “mistakenly” shot down in January, killing 176 people.
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council on November 6 urged Iran to "expedite the accident investigation" into the deadly crash.
"We have had several exchanges with the Iranian CAA [Civil Aviation Authority] in which we urged its authorities to expedite the accident investigation in accordance with ICAO Annex 13 provisions," ICAO Council President Salvatore Sciacchitano said.
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards shot down the Ukraine International Airlines flight with a ground-to-air missile on Jan. 8 just after the plane took off from Tehran.ا
The incident occurred in the tense hours as Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps were carrying out “revenge” attacks on American military bases in Iraq in response to the death of the regime’s top commander Qassem Soleimani a week earlier in US strikes in Baghdad.
