{"id":242090,"date":"2020-01-14T18:08:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T23:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=242090"},"modified":"2020-01-14T18:08:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T23:08:59","slug":"iran-arrests-suspects-in-ukrainian-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/14\/iran-arrests-suspects-in-ukrainian-plane-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran arrests suspects in Ukrainian plane crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran said the aircraft was “unintentionally” shot down by a missile after flying towards a sensitive military site, terming it a “human error”. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TEHRAN<\/strong>\u00a0— Iranian authorities have arrested a number of suspects in the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane last week, the country’s judiciary commission said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The suspects were arrested “for their role in the plane crash,” commission spokesman Ghulam Hussein Ismaili said in statements cited by Press TV.<\/p>\n

The arrests came after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani demanded his country to establish a “special court headed by a senior judge” to prosecute those responsible for the plane tragedy.<\/p>\n

Iran said the aircraft was “unintentionally” shot down by a missile after flying towards a sensitive military site, terming it a “human error”.<\/p>\n

The incident came hours after Iran fired a dozen ballistic missiles on airbases housing US troops in Iraq, in response to the killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in a US drone airstrike near Baghdad airport on Jan. 3.<\/p>\n

There were 82 Iranians among the plane victims, in addition to 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Britons, and three Germans.\u00a0(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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