“Due to the coronavirus, decryption (flight recorders. - RT ) were suspended,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
According to Eslami, decryption of black boxes will continue when the situation with the spread of COVID-19 in the country normalizes.
In February, five countries called on Iran to provide recorders from a downed aircraft.
On January 8, a plane crash occurred in Tehran, which killed 176 people. A little later, Iran recognized that the Iranian air defense system mistakenly shot down a passenger plane of Ukraine International Airlines, mistaking it for a cruise missile.