This was reported by the press service of the department in Telegram.

“The office of the Attorney General asked the Canadian side to provide information available to the Canadian side that could facilitate the investigation of criminal proceedings in the event of a plane crash on an UIA plane,” the RIA Novosti prosecutor’s office quotes.

Earlier, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Ottawa had intelligence that indicated that a Ukrainian plane in Tehran was shot down by an Iranian missile.

The head of the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran, Ali Abedzadeh, denied this information.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry asked Canada and other countries to share their data on the crash.

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