In Iran, Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said today that some people have been arrested for their role in the crash of a Ukrainian plane that Tehran said was accidentally hit by an Iranian missile.

President Hassan Rouhani announced, in a televised speech today, that Iran will punish all those responsible for the unintentional shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane, adding that the tragic event would be investigated thoroughly.

He said, Iranian armed forces admitting their mistake is a good first step and assured people that it will not happen again and further said, his government was accountable to Iranian and other nations who lost lives in the plane crash.