Germany has called for a full investigation into the cause of Ukrainian airliner.
The Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752 bound for Kyiv, its capital, crashed minutes after takeoff from the Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran.
The planed plunge to the ground shortly after Iran attacked US bases with over 15 missiles. All the 176 passengers and crew on board the plane were killed.
Speaking through its Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, Germany said that “a full investigation is needed into the causes of the situation,” adding that the reasons for its plight could not be “hidden under the table.”
He added that he believed the Iran nuclear deal was still relevant and European ministers would reaffirm their commitment to the accord despite Tehran vowing to scrap uranium enrichment limits enshrined in the pact.
“We believe that this [nuclear] deal makes sense because it binds Iran into not developing any nuclear weapons. So we want this agreement to have a future, but it only has a future if it is adhered to and we expect this from Iran,” Maas told reporters on arrival in Brussels for a European Union foreign ministers meeting, according Al Jazeera.