This was during a briefing said the official representative of the German government Steffen Seibert.

“We do not have our own information about the causes of the crash, but the data on the possible shelling of this aircraft should be taken seriously,” TASS quoted him as saying.

At the same time, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany Rainer Brogl added that the head of the German Foreign Ministry, Heiko Maas, during a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Vadim Pristayko, offered assistance in the investigation of the crash.

Earlier, a delegation from Canada went to Iran to investigate the crash.

Ukraine Airlines International Boeing 737 crashed on January 8 shortly after takeoff from Tehran airport. 176 people were killed.