Five countries whose citizens were killed in a plane crash, shut down by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards requested Iran to pay compensation to the victims’ families and accept “full responsibility.”
In a joint statement released on Thursday, the governments of Canada, Sweden, the UK, Afghanistan, Ukraine urged Tehran to conduct a “thorough, independent and transparent international investigation.”
The statement has also asked Iranian government to allow a criminal investigation to the case.
The Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport on January 8.
Three days later and under international pressure, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani finally admitted an investigation found that “missiles fired due to human error.”
Iran had previously ruled out a possible missile strike and said it was all due to technical failure. Tehran has even accused journalists and foreign countries of waging a “psychological war” against Iran.
