Iran denies chance of missile to pphed plane and asks Canada for data

Iran on Friday, 10, (local date) denied that one of its missiles shot down a plane from a Ukrainian company last Wednesday in Tehran, causing the death of the 176 occupants, and asked Canada to share the data that the country's prime minister American Justin Trudeau said they would indicate that the aircraft was shot down.

In a statement, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei called reports blaming Iran for the plane crashing south of Tehran as "false" and said they are part of "a psychological war" against the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered that the statements are "suspicious speculation."

After the U.S. press reported, based on Pentagon sources, that an Iranian missile would be responsible for the plane crash, Trudeau held a press conference in which he confirmed that Canada has evidence that it would have actually occurred. However, the prime minister pointed out that the incident may have happened by an error.

Canada and other countries contacted the case with Iran, which asked, through a statement from the Foreign Ministry, that this information on the crash of the Ukrainian plane be shared with the country.

"Iran welcomes the presence of experts from countries whose citizens died in the tragic accident and calls on the Canadian prime minister and any other government with information on this topic to provide this data to the committee investigating the accident," the Iranian diplomacy spokesman Abbas Mousavi.

Mousavi also said Iran began investigating the causes of the plane crash respecting the standards and criteria of the International Civil Aircraft Organization. He also pointed out that the Iranian government invited Ukraine as the country of origin of the company that owns the aircraft, and the American company Boeing, as the aircraft manufacturer, to participate in the work.

The invitation to Boeing had been in check since yesterday, when iran's Civil Aviation Organization announced that it would not integrate the plane's black boxes into the American airline. In a preliminary report, the agency said there was a fire on the aircraft before the crash.

The document states that the plane disappeared from radar shortly after taking off from Tehran International Airport and that there was no message from the pilot to notify tSpeculation about the cause of the crash began as the Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed on the same day Iran attacked two Iraqi bases receiving U.S. troops with missiles.

Several members of Iran's government denied this hypothesis over Thursday and indicated that there was technical failure. In the afternoon, initial rumors about the missile were confirmed by Canada and the United States.

"We have evidence from multiple sources, including our allies and our intelligence service. Evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. This may well have been unintentional," Trudeau said.

Trudeau said preliminary information the Government of Canada has reinforces the need for a thorough and thorough investigation into the accident. At a press conference, he demanded that Iran authorize investigators in the country to gain access to the crash site.

The incident killed the 176 people who were aboard the plane, which was bound for Kiev in Ukraine. Of the total number of victims, 63 were Canadians. Efehe agency that there was an emergency.