Canadian Transport Minister Garneau said investigators had traveled to Iran to look at the wreckage of the plane.

"They visited the scene of the accident. Today, two investigators will examine the wreckage of the plane," Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau said during a press conference in Ottawa on January 15.

Garneau said Iran had pledged to allow Canadian investigators to participate in the process of decoding and analyzing black boxes, but this has not been done yet. "We are ready to investigate, this will happen soon," the Canadian minister added.

Iran on Sunday admitted to shooting the wrong plane carrying 176 people of Ukraine, killing all passengers and crew members on board, including at least 57 people with Canadian nationality.

Iran showed goodwill by inviting Canadian investigators to participate in the analysis of the two black boxes of the ill-fated plane as well as the inspection of aircraft debris at the scene of the accident. Canada ended diplomatic relations with Iran in 2002, but the two countries have been actively contacting since the plane was shot down.

The Canadian Prime Minister said that the United States contributed to escalating tensions with Iran, causing a Ukrainian plane to be shot down. Trudeau also affirmed that the international community is "keen to denuclearize Iran", as well as "address regional tensions caused by US sanctions".

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the accidental shooting "a tragedy" caused by human error, apologized to the families of the victims and pledged to bring the relevant people to trial in court. military sentence. The country has arrested several people involved in the wrong shoot, but has not released its identity.