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January 14, 2020 The Ukrainian plane shot down in Iran on January 8 was hit with two missiles fired 23 seconds apart and not one. This is what emerges from a new video shot by a video surveillance camera and analyzed by the New York Times.

The New York newspaper "verified the footage of security cameras that show, for the first time, that two missiles have hit Ukraine International Airlines flight 752. The missiles were launched from an Iranian military site about eight miles (12 km) from the plane, "writes Nyt.

The new video fills a gap in why the plane's transponder stopped working, seconds before it was hit by a second missile.

Exclusive: Security camera footage verified by the New York Times confirms that 2 missiles, fired 30 seconds apart from an Iranian military site, hit the Ukrainian planehttps: //t.co/Ab8iYKiHVR

- The New York Times (@nytimes) January 14, 2020


The Iranian judiciary has meanwhile announced that the first arrests were made for the shooting down of the Ukrainian Boeing 737 passenger in Tehran last Wednesday. "Extensive investigations were conducted and some people arrested," judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili told a press conference on television.

Rohani promises transparency on investigations
Iranian President Hassan Rohani ensured transparency on ongoing investigations into the shooting down of the Ukrainian plane, committed "by mistake" by Tehran and costing the life of 176 people, which caused street protests in the capital and in several cities of the country. "As a representative of the Iranian nation and as president, I will follow and inform the people about the results, whatever they are, that we will get in the next steps," said Rohani, speaking at an event in Tehran dedicated to agriculture.

According to reports from the Iranian media, the president also hypothesized the creation of a "special court" for the affair.

People know that the accident happened unwittingly, but the conditions that led to it should be clear, "he added, referring to the attack launched that same night by Tehran against US bases in Iraq in response to the commander's killing of the Iranian forces Al Quds, General Qasem Soleimani. "The government feels responsible for the victims and will respect all its legal obligations - he continued - but more important is that our people are reassured that these incidents do not happen again ".

Trudeau: plane victims would be alive without escalation
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the victims of the Ukrainian plane shot down by an Iranian missile, which killed 176 people including 57 Canadians, would be alive right now if tensions in the region had not increased. "If there hadn't been an escalation recently in the region, those Canadians would now be at home with their families. This happens when there is conflict and war. The innocent bear the brunt of it," Trudeau said in an interview. to Global News Television.