Only 30 showed passports of foreign citizens while boarding Ukrainian plane: Iranian envoy

TEHRAN - Manuchehr Moradi, Tehran’s ambassador to Kyiv, has said that only 30 passengers who boarded the ill-fated the Ukrainian plane at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran on January 8, 2020, carried passports of foreign citizens.

Japan eases travel restrictions for Iran

TEHRAN – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan has revised its travel advisory for Iran, upgrading it from "avoid unnecessary travels" to "travel with caution", ISNA reported on Friday.

Iran agrees to pay $150,000 for victims of Ukrainian plane crash

TEHRAN – A senior Iranian diplomat leading the legal discussions on the Ukrainian plane crash has said that Iran agreed to pay $150,000 in compensation for each victim of the crash. 

Lufthansa to resume Frankfurt-Tehran flights this month

TEHRAN - German airline Lufthansa announced on Friday that it would resume flights from Frankfurt to Tehran from April 16.

Iran says UN investigator has no authority to comment on Ukrainian plane crash

TEHRAN – Spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh has responded to UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard’s comments on the Ukrainian plane crash in Iran by saying that the UN investigator had no authority to comment on the crash.

Iran offers condolences over Ukraine plane crash

TEHRAN – In a statement on Sunday night, Iran offered condolences to Ukraine over a military plane crash that killed 26 people.

Compensation for Ukrainian plane will be based on intl. regulations: ambassador

TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to Ukraine has said that compensation for the Ukrainian plane which was downed mistakenly near Tehran in January 2020 will be based on international regulations.

European insurers should pay compensation for Ukrainian plane crash: Iran

TEHRAN - The chief of Iran’s Central Insurance Organization announced on Monday that the Ukrainian plane that was mistakenly downed near Tehran in early January had been insured by European insurers and therefore they should pay the compensation for the incident.

Final report on Ukrainian plane crash to be published soon: minister

TEHRAN - Minister of Transport and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said on Sunday that the final report on the Ukrainian plane crash will be published soon.

Tehran to host second round of talks over Ukrainian plane crash

TEHRAN – Iran’s Ambassador to Ukraine Manouchehr Moradi has said that second round of talks over the Ukrainian plane crash in early January will be held in October in Tehran.

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Iranian delegation to discuss crash compensation in Ukraine

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Monday that an Iranian delegation will visit Ukraine on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss compensation for a Ukrainian jet shot down by Iran mistakenly in early January.

Six arrested in Iran over the Ukrainian plane crash incident

TEHRAN - Iranian Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaeili announced on Tuesday that six people have been arrested over the tragic Ukrainian plane crash incident.

Families of Ukrainian plane crash victims exempted from active service

TEHRAN – The victims of the Ukrainian plane crash who had Iranian citizenship are considered martyred and their families will be exempted from military service, the law enforcement force’s director for active service, has stated.

Rouhani: U.S. maximum pressure has failed

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the United States’ maximum pressure against Iran has failed and sanctions will be ineffective.

Shamkhani phones Ukrainian counterpart over January plane crash investigations

TEHRAN - Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani, in a phone conversation on Monday, briefed his Ukrainian counterpart Alexei Danilov over the ongoing investigations into the passenger plan that was mistakenly downed by Iran’s air defense on January 8.

Tehran Symphony Orchestra performs in Vahdat Hall

TEHRAN -- The Tehran Symphony Orchestra under the baton of guest conductor Manuchehr Sahbai gave a performance at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Thursday.

By triggering dispute mechanism, Europe proves its incapability: Salehi

TEHRAN - Ali Akbar Salehi, director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, has said that the Europeans’ action in triggering the dispute mechanism in the 2015 nuclear deal proves their “incapability” and “indiscretion”.

‘Politicization of Ukrainian plane incident will be of no help’

TEHRAN - Abdolreza Faraji-Rad, Iran’s former ambassador to Norway, has said that politicization of the Ukrainian plane crash will be of no help, warning it will just add to complications.

Black box of Flight 752 still in Iran, civil aviation chief says

TEHRAN - (Press TV) - The black box of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was mistakenly downed near the Iranian capital is still in Iran and no decision has been made yet to send it abroad, says the Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CAO.IRI).

Politicization of Ukrainian plane crash must be rejected, Zarif says

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that politicization of the Ukrainian passenger plane crash must be rejected.

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How did it start “Mr. Trudeau”?  Who fueled the tensions?

TEHRAN - In a statement on the Ukrainian plane crash, the Canadian prime minister described the incident as a result of the escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran, but he did not say how the situation has been sparked.