Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said the countries involved in the Ukrainian flight were shot wrongly to avoid turning the matter into a political issue.

"We ask the parties not to make human issues, especially this tragic accident, an excuse for political actions," said Abbas Mousavi, a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry. .

Mousavi said Iran had cooperated "unexpectedly" with countries whose citizens were killed in the tragedy. He said it was "strange" that the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested consular access to the accident, emphasizing that nearly all the victims had been identified.

Iran had previously admitted that its air defense forces accidentally shot a Boeing 737-800 aircraft of Ukraine National Airlines on January 8, hours after Tehran struck a missile at a base of US forces. residing in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of General Qassem Soleimani.

All 176 people aboard were killed, including Iranian, Canadian, Ukrainian, Swedish, Afghani and British citizens.

Representatives of five countries whose citizens were killed in the incident on January 16 in London, England, demanded that Tehran pay damages to the victims' families and the world is watching their reaction. These countries said that Iran should organize "a thorough, independent and transparent international investigation with the countries concerned" about the tragedy.