The airline officials bristled at what they said were hints from Iran that the crew had not acted properly. The airline officials called on Iran to take full responsibility for the crash and said the Iranian authorities should have closed the airport. "If you play at war, you play as much as you want, but there are normal people around who you had to protect," Vice President Ihor Sosnovsky said. "At the time of departure from Tehran airport, it was exactly the same." The airline said Tehran airport was operating normally at the time its aircraft took off.

Source: bd News24 January 11, 2020 13:07 UTC