UN aviation experts to join Ukraine Airlines Iran crash investigation

New York/IBNS: Experts from the UN aviation watchdog, ICAO, will support the investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian Passenger plane in Iran on January 8, following an invitation from the Iranian authorities, which was accepted on Tuesday.

Police disperse student protesters in Iran for chanting radical slogans: Reports

Tehran/Moscow/Sputnik: Hundreds of students gathered on Saturday outside the Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran to honor those killed in the fatal Ukrainian plane crash in Iran, which resulted in a rally that the police eventually dispersed, media reported.

Zelenskyy to hold phone talks with Rouhani over crashed plane on Saturday — Press Service

Kiev/Sputnik/UNI: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday will give a phone call to his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, to discuss the situation around the Ukrainian passenger plane erroneously shot down by the Iranian military in Tehran, The Ukrainian presidential press service announced.

Iran to send Ukraine jet black box to France for decoding — State media

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI:  Hassan Rezaeifar, head of the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization's investigation board, said on Saturday that the flight recorder of the unintentionally downed Ukrainian passenger plane will be sent to France for decoding, Iranian state media reported.

Intelligence indicates Ukrainian international airlines jet shot down by missile - Trudeau

Toronto/Sputnik/UNI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at a press conference on Thursday that Canada has intelligence that the ill-fated Ukrainian International Airlines flight was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. He added that the strike may have been unintentional.

Iran: Ukrainian plane with 180 on board crashes

Tehran/IBNS: A Ukrainian passenger plane, which was carrying 180 passengers,  crashed near Iran's Khomeini Airport on Wednesday, media reports said.