Diplomats from Ukraine, Sweden, Canada lay flowers at UIA crash site in Tehran

Representatives of the Embassy of Ukraine in Iran, together with their Swedish and Canadian colleagues, have laid flowers at the site of the Ukraine International Airlines plane crash in Tehran, the Office of the President of Ukraine has reported on Facebook.

"Representatives of the Embassy of Ukraine in Iran, together with Swedish and Canadian colleagues, have laid flowers at the site of the UIA plane crash in Tehran," the report said.

A series of photos from the scene of the tragedy have also been published.

A Ukraine International Airlines plane (flight PS752), en route from Tehran to Kyiv, crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport early on January 8. There were 176 people on board the aircraft. All of them died. The crash killed 11 Ukrainians (two passengers and all nine crew), as well as Iranians, Canadians, Swedes, Afghans, Germans, and Britons.

The Iranian side initially claimed that the plane had crashed due to technical problems. However, it stated on January 11 that the Ukrainian airliner had been shot down by Iran's armed forces accidentally.

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