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Iran Apologizes to Ukraine for Accidentally Shooting Down Airliner


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A woman leaves flowers at the portraits of nine crew members who were among 176 people killed when a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 crashed in Tehran on Jan. 8, 2020. / Barcroft Media / Getty / Kyodo

A woman leaves flowers at the portraits of nine crew members who were among 176 people killed when a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 crashed in Tehran on Jan. 8, 2020. / Barcroft Media / Getty / Kyodo

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MOSCOW—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani apologized for an incident in which his country’s military accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner, promising to bring those responsible to justice.

Zelenskyy said in a publicly released video message after the phone call with Rouhani that the leaders agreed to jointly analyze flight recorders and discuss compensation for the families of the 176 people killed in the incident.

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