Speculations are fueled by images circulating on social networks. It is said to be the head of a Russian anti-aircraft missile at the site of the crash Boeing 737, It is unclear whether these are real photos.
In the midst of the armed conflict between the Iran and the United States more than 170 people died on Wednesday. The British government called on Thursday for a “full and transparent investigation” into the cause of the crash.
The Iranian authorities reiterated on Thursday that a technical cause had led to the disaster. “The machine caught fire due to a technical defect, and this led to a crash,” said the Minister of Transport Mohammed Eslami the news agency Isna, “Scientifically, it is impossible for a missile to hit the Ukrainian machine, so rumors like that are illogical,” the Iranian news agency Irna quoted the head of the authorities on Thursday Ali Abedzadeh,
The Ukraine however, closes a missile attack or one terrorist attack as a cause not.
The Presidents of the Iran and the the Ukraine agreed on a joint cooperation to clarify the cause of the crash. “Expert teams from both countries should thoroughly investigate the exact cause of the crash,” said Hassan Ruhani his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Selenskyj in a phone call on Thursday.
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