Rouhani: Plane incident 'unforgiveable error'

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Published on January 14, 2020 - Duration: 00:55s

Rouhani: Plane incident 'unforgiveable error'

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday Iran will punish "all those responsible" for the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people.


Rouhani: Plane incident 'unforgiveable error'

He said Iran will punish "all those responsible" and added that the "tragic event" would be investigated properly.

"Iranian armed forces admitting their mistake is a good first step ... We should assure people that it will not happen again," he said, adding that his government was "accountable to Iranian and other nations who lost lives in the plane crash.

Iran's judiciary have arrested some for their role in the crash, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said on Tuesday (January 14).

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