Iran Won’t Hand Over ‘Damaged’ Black Box of Ukraine Plane: Ministers

Iran Won’t Hand Over ‘Damaged’ Black Box of Ukraine Plane: Ministers
Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami adjusts a headphone during the annual Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) in Moscow, Russia, on April 4, 2018. Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
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The black box of a Ukrainian passenger plane accidentally shot down over Iran last month is damaged but Iran will not hand it over to another country despite pressure for access, top Iranian ministers said on Feb. 19, according to state media.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week he had “impressed upon” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that a complete and independent investigation into the shooting down of the airliner had to be carried out.