In a statement, government spokesman Ali Rabiei said a committee in charge of investigating the incident has been formed on the basis of regulations of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).<\/p>\n
Rabiei said the committee will investigate the crash immediately and transparently with the participation of experts from relevant countries.<\/p>\n
He stressed that a Ukrainian representative is already in Iran to examine the plane\u2019s black box.<\/p>\n
“We also welcome the presence of the relevant states whose nationals were killed in the bitter incident in the investigation process,” he added.<\/p>\n
Rabiei said the allegation that the plane was hit by Iranian missiles is a calculated move and psychological operation.<\/p>\n
He said footage that was published is a lie and no one will take responsibility for it.<\/p>\n
He also invited the U.S. to attend the investigation committee instead of lying and engaging in psychological operations.<\/p>\n
The Boeing 737-800 crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran\u2019s Imam Khomeini International Airport just hours after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles targeting U.S. troops in Iraq in retaliation for the assassination last week of Qassem Soleimani, the head of the IRGC\u2019s Quds Force, outside Baghdad International Airport in a drone strike.<\/p>\n
Some 176 people died in the crash, including Iranians, Canadians, Ukrainians, Swedes, Afghans, Germans and British citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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