Iran Makes Arrests Over Downing of Ukrainian Plane
January 14 2020 - 4:41AM
Dow Jones News
By Aresu Eqbali and Sune Engel Rasmussen
Iran has made arrests for the shooting down of an Ukrainian
airliner that killed 176 people, as public outrage and calls for
accountability grow.
The judiciary didn't elaborate on how many were arrested or
identify those detained, but said it was in the early stages of the
process to prosecute them. "We will investigate all the aspects of
this issue," judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said in
remarks carried by state television.
He said Iran would also investigate whether "U.S. warmongering"
was a main cause of the incident.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the country's judiciary
to establish a special court of high-ranking judges and experts to
hold to account those responsible for the plane crash. Iranian
officials acknowledged over the weekend that its military shot down
the plane by mistake.
Mr. Rouhani said accountability over the downing of the airliner
was necessary not just for the sake of the crash victims but also
to show accountability to the Iranian people.
"Anyone who should be punished will be punished," Mr. Rouhani
said in a televised speech, his first public remarks since the
plane was shot down. "The whole world will be watching our
trial."
Write to Sune Engel Rasmussen at sune.rasmussen@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 14, 2020 04:26 ET (09:26 GMT)
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