Several
people have been arrested in Iran in connection with last week’s shooting down
of a Ukraine International Airlines flight with 176 people on board.
“We
conducted intensive investigations and several people were arrested in
connection,’’ said Justice Ministry spokesperson, Gholam-Hussein Ismaili,
according to the Isna news agency.
He did not
say which divisions or organisations employed those arrested.
He added
that the case is complicated and has many dimensions that must be investigated
before a result can be reached.
Iranian President
Hassan Rowhani also demanded a seamless investigation.
“This case
is no normal case and has to go before a special court and investigated
thoroughly by multiple experts,’’ he said, renewing his calls for a complete
probe.
He said the
investigation must be conducted transparently and, regardless of the findings,
made public, with those responsible for the attack on the plane brought to
justice.
“We have to
make sure that this kind of tragedy never happens in our country again,’’ he
said.
Rowhani also
said he could not accept a version of events in which one person “who pushed a
button’’ is solely responsible for the accident.
He said
multiple agencies would have to share the blame which would be apportioned by
the investigation.
He said the
point is not simply justice for the dead in the plane, but to guarantee
security in Iran in the future.
He said he
deeply regretted the incident and had already spoken to the leaders of the
countries affected by the attack, promising them a thorough investigation.
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