Scene of Ukrainian plane crash showered with flower

Shahriar, IRNA – The scene where a Ukrainian plane was mistakenly shot down by Iranian air defense was showered with flowers on the occasion of the third anniversary of the tragic accident, the governor of Shahriar said.

Speaking to IRNA, Amir-Abbas Shafizadeh said that the ceremony was held with participation of the families of martyrs of Shahriar on Saturday night.

The scene of the accident was showered with flowers by IRGC helicopter.

Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, the head of the Martyr and Veterans Affairs Foundation of Iran, had earlier said that the organization has designated 73 victims out of 133 Iranians on board of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 as martyrs.

A Ukrainian Boeing 737 aircraft, with 176 passengers and crew members on board, was mistakenly shot down by Iranian air defense shortly after it took off from Tehran’s International Imam Khomeini Airport

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