"The Iranian side says it has submitted the case to court. And the head of their delegation, Mr. Mohsen Baharwand, invited Ukrainian prosecutors to review the case within the framework of national law. In addition, Iran promised to qualify the crime on each of the ten defendants," Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Gyunduz Mamedov said in an interview with Radio Liberty, Ukrinform reports.
Mamedov noted that the case in Iran was being investigated over manslaughter. At the same time, it is qualified in Ukraine as the premeditated murder of 176 passengers and crew members.
For this reason, Mamedov believes, Iranian representatives refused to set up a joint investigation team.
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