Tehran, Jan 7 (TIWN) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that "all those culpable" of dereliction of duty in the crash of the Ukrainian plane near Tehran in January 2020 should be judged.

"The judiciary will prosecute all the perpetrators of the incident, this trial is important for us," Rouhani said in a statement broadcasted by official news agency IRNA, in a cabinet meeting in Tehran.  All the aspects of the incident, he stressed, must be clarified and made known to the public.  The Iranian cabinet, Rouhani further said, has "done its best to clarify the incident," and last week it decided to compensate all the heirs and survivors of the victims, without any discrimination based on nationality or citizenship.  The Iranian authorities are also engaged in dialogues with their Ukrainian counterparts to reach an agreement over compensation for the aircraft, Rouhani said.