As specified, such a decision was made in connection with the "delay by Ukraine."

It is noted that, most likely, flight recorders will be sent to France.

In April, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said that Tehran is ready to discuss the issue of transferring flight recorders of the Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Decoding of flight recorders was suspended due to the spread of coronavirus infection in March.

On January 8, a plane crash occurred in Tehran, which killed 176 people. Iran acknowledged that the Iranian air defense system erroneously shot down a passenger plane of Ukraine International Airlines, mistaking it for a cruise missile.