: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Iran’s Rouhani promises punishment for those behind plane’s downing


President Hassan Rouhani ‘fully recognises’ the Ukrainian airliner’s tragedy and apologised on Iran’s behalf. (Reuters pic)KIEV: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has told his Ukrainian counterpart that those behind the downing of the Ukrainian airliner will be brought to justice, the Ukranian presidency said.
Rouhani told Volodymyr Zelensky that “all the persons involved in this air disaster will be brought to justice”, it said.
The Iranian head of state “fully recognises the tragedy that has occurred due to the mistakes of soldiers of this country” and apologised, it added.
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