Iran Makes Arrests Related to Ukrainian Plane Crash; Analyst Says Iranian Credibility Severely Damaged

Flowers and candles are placed in front of the portraits of the flight crew members of the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane that crashed in Iran, at a memorial at the Boryspil International airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 11, 2020. Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

Iran arrested an unspecified number of suspects on Jan. 14 in connection with the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet, although experts said the arrests won’t solve the crisis, and that the Iranian regime isn’t trustworthy.

Iran’s Press TV reported that the Iranian Judiciary Commission detained a number of suspects “for their role in the plane crash,” according to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency.