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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said that the country's military should develop more, as it shot down a passenger Plane by mistake last week.

Separately, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif acknowledged that the Iranians "were lied to" for days afterwards.

He insisted that he and The President were also kept in The Dark .

the Iranian revolutionary Guards killed 176 people, if you "accidentally" shot down the Ukrainian aircraft amid escalating tensions with the United States.

hours before Iranian missiles had targeted two air force bases in Iraq housing U.S. armed forces.

Speaking on state television on Wednesday, President Rouhani, the military called on the next steps of The Investigation with a "more co-ordination and monitoring".

"The First thing is to inform people, to be honest. People the grief ease, if you know that we feel responsible for what happened and talk to them honestly," he said.

He urged the forces, the "explain to the people what sessions and meetings have been held since the moment The Incident happened".

Mr Zarif, during a television interview during a trip to India, said: "I and The President didn't know [what brought the Plane down] and once we've done that, we communicated. "

He praised to also claim the military as "Brave Enough responsibility early on". However, critics have lamented the three-day delay, and said that they claimed were in possession of it until after the Western authorities against proof.

Tehran University students hold pictures of victims during a memorial to the Plane Crash ,

, apart, shot to 30 seconds, the on the Plane . It was to be taken once.

flight-PS752 was brought, after it has from the capital, Tehran, on 8. January, as The Revolutionary Guards - a task force to defend Iran's Islamic System mistakenly perceived as a threat in the midst of escalating conflict with the United States. All on Board died.

The death and the apparent initial cover-up, if the law was denied, and The Crash was leveling point, triggered protests in different cities of Iran.

the police in Tehran are accused of using live ammunition against demonstrators.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is expected Friday prayer sermons in the capital This Week for the First Time since 2013, to facilitate in an apparent bid to internal political tensions.

How has erupted in the Iran crisis?

Last Wednesday, Iran has a number of strikes at two military bases in neighboring Iraq, the case were U.S. troops. It was a retaliation after U.S. President Donald Trump is a strike in Iraq killed top Iranian General Qasam Soleimani ordered.

a few hours after the Iranian strikes, flight PS752 crashed in the vicinity of Tehran in first unclear circumstances, though the Iranian authorities to immediately put the blame on technical difficulties.

On Thursday, the various Western Powers - including Canada, had said a 57-citizens on Board the Plane - they had Evidence that Iran had the military downed the Plane .

Iran has reiterated its denials until Friday When it admitted that The Passenger Plane was hit by its air defence System .

Mr Zarif has now passed personally to the fact that he and President Rouhani only found out what had really happened That Day .

Brig-Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh, The Revolutionary Guards ' aerospace commander, said, a missile operator independently traded and alone, mistaking the aircraft for a "cruise missile" because there were reports that such missiles were Fired at Iran.

He also claimed that state officials had been alerted soon after.

What measures were taken?

On Tuesday, Iran's judiciary spokesman, is Gholamhossein Esmaili, has announced that several persons had been arrested.

He added that about 30 people were arrested for "participating in illegal gatherings" - an obvious reference to the recent anti-government protests.

Also on Tuesday, President Hassan Rouhani said The Investigation of the aircraft strikes, would be monitored by a "special court", and insisted that it was More Than just the person who "pulled The Trigger ".

Iran is leading The Investigation in Germany, and has refused to hand over the recovered black box flight recorder to the manufacturer, Boeing and the United States.

Meanwhile, the aircraft was shot down.

The video was shared, to conclude, on Social Media soon after The Crash , leading analysts, that the Plane was directly hit.

It is assumed the person is arrested charged in connection with the National Security .

But, an Iranian journalist based in London, which initially published the footage has insisted that its source is safe, and that the Iranian authorities arrested the wrong person.

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Source of news: bbc.com