AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Iran's Judiciary Chief Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi in a statement on Saturday expressed deep regret over the Ukrainian plane incident, ordering immediate judiciary investigation into the incident to bring those guilty to justice.
"The judicial organization of the Armed Forces should receive and collect proofs and evidence of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and Iran Civil Aviation Organization as well as explanations of informed officials to find out the reality and those guilty of the terrible incident through judicial procedures," Rayeesi said.
He called on the relevant judiciary officials to continuously inform him of the results of investigations and measures.
Also, Iran's Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri in a similar satement on Saturday called for accelerated efforts to identify and put on trial those guilty in the incident.
The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said in a statement on Saturday that the Ukrainian Boeing 737 plane was shot down as a hostile object due to human error at a time of heightened US threats of war.
The statement said an expert investigation by the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces after the Ukrainian airline company's Boeing 737 incident has found that flight 752 of the Ukrainian airlines has been shot down as a hostile flying object that was approaching a sensitive IRGC center and was shot down due to human error few hours after Iran's missile attack on the US and as Iran's military was expecting attacks by the US army.
A Boeing 737 plane carrying 180 passengers and crew, mostly Iranians, crashed shortly after takeoff from Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran early Wednesday, leaving no survivors.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani extended condolences to the families of those killed in the Ukrainian plane incident, and promised that all those who have been guilty in the unforgivable mistake of shooting down the jet will be prosecuted.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake... My thoughts and prayers go to all the mourning families. I offer my sincerest condolences," Rouhani said in a statement on Saturday.
The president stressed that "the terrible catastrophe should be thoroughly investigated, and those responsible for this unforgivable mistake will definitely be identified and prosecuted".
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source : FNA
Saturday
11 January 2020
3:14:49 PM
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Iran's Judiciary Chief stresses acceleration of probe into Ukrainian plane accident
Iran's Judiciary Chief Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi in a statement on Saturday expressed deep regret over the Ukrainian plane incident, ordering immediate judiciary investigation into the incident to bring those guilty to justice.