Mind the result bombs the shock and grief felt by people who lost someone remains high well hear more about the victims and the International Communities who are mourning their loss. Omarion evanston its good to have you with us we begin with breaking news this morning iran has announced that its military unintentionally shot down a ukrainian passenger jet killing all 176 people on board tehran says it was a case of human error western countries based on evidence including this mobile phone footage had been saying they thought an Iranian Missile brought down the plane after initial denials irans military now says the people responsible will be court marshaled. Well meanwhile irans foreign minister zarif tweeted a sad day preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by armed forces human error at a time of crisis caused by us adventurism lead to disaster and our profound regrets apologies and condolences to our people to the families of all the victims and to other affected nations and iranian president Hassan Rouhani tweeted these lawmakers public of iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake my thoughts and prayers go to all of the mourning families i offer my sincere is to condolences. For the latest from tehran were joined now by journalist raising cost a raise a good morning to you what more can you tell us about the statement that was issued by irans military. Well this morning the general. Orses released a statement by merely meeting to shooting down the ukrainian passenger plane and offered apology sympathy to only found least of the victims the reunion nation as below the other countries involved in the tragic incident it said that the passenger plane was flying near a cessna did all your g. C. Believe 3 sides and it was a very critical sensitive time following the. Missile attacks on you was basically you are. Use of american military. Aircraft flying over the region and it was high although. Human error caused the air to mistake the passenger plane u. S. Aircraft. Tragedy happened. Well in the 1st few days following the crash iranian officials ruled out a military strike as being behind its reason why do you think they chose to admit to this now. Well pressure of the Public Opinion of the d of bar and trees all the social media with the live no other choice for the contrie to meet it must of. If that happens. In the statement the armed forces said immediately after the incident or it bore it to me to probe into the incident. Include the government. Or in the Investigation Committee so somehow it exonerated the government i have heard from my colleagues and sources that the government was not that. The shoot out yesterday friday. No mother how the other government was informed or not it is embarrassing. For the contrary. Their anger im on the nation all right. A journalist from tehran we thank you so very much for that update well for the view from the ukrainian capital kiev were joined now by d. W. Correspondent david stern hello to you david so has there been an official response from the government in kiev on this announcement by iran that its military shot down the passenger plane. Well yes in fact within the last hour weve seen or a little bit more a an official statement in ukrainian and in english from president valentin that selenski ill just read it very quickly in english it was a tweet that hes issued this morning brings the truth he says ukraine insists on a full admission of guilt we expect iraq to bring those responsible to justice return the bodies pay compensation and issue an official apology the investigation must be full open and continue without delays or obstacles so ukrainians very quick to greet the news but obviously for them the story is not over theyre expecting even more and theyre expecting all the details to come out as well as for those responsible to be held brought to justice all right so some very clear demands on the part of ukraine david what can they do if these demands are not meant by iran. Well the president didnt say anything about that or we heard from the foreign minister voting for stocco yesterday he held a press conference and he had said before this news came out of the way that if it did come to this that the deter not that a missile had shot it down then they say there are legal steps that they would take ultimately possibly going to the to the United Nations and he drew the comparison with the shooting down of the Malaysian Airlines in the 17 back in 2014 so the ukrainians are seen to have already started thinking along those lines now i guess it depends on how quickly. The iranians move forward in the investigation and in the other these other demands that the ukrainians may david you mentioned that other incident with a plane crash over Eastern Ukraine this is not the 1st time that the country finds itself caught up in a tragedy linked to an International Conflict how are people taking it. Well yes exactly this is not the 1st time that ukraine has found itself in this position also just in general in a very sticky International Situation remind you also about the impeachment proceedings in the United States which has caused a great deal of i guess just diplomatic jockeying but the comparison with m. H. 17 is very acute there dutch investigators have determined that russia brought a Missile System into Eastern Ukraine which shut down the would shut down the a Malaysian Airline those people have not been brought to justice nor has russia admitted to this so the ukrainians are very much watching the uranian this is a the reaction from the general public well its very early on a saturday morning but i imagine that they will greet it on but as i think with the as with the president theyll be waiting to see what the iranians do next. David stern correspondent for thank you very much. Well among those killed in the ukrainian airliner disaster in tehran were 57. 00 canadians many of them were highly qualified iranian canadians who held academic teaching and research posts at universities across canada the tragedy has led to an outpouring of grief for the victims. This tragedy has hit an immigrant Community Hard many of the victims of wednesdays plane crash you know on a dare to the hearts of many here in canada the majority were iranian or jule iranian canadian citizens returning home from holidays in iran. Has heard about food from the ship you want to see his mother on holidays and you know you are swearing and. Youre greeted by a girl who is not his last we want to. Destroy. Their brother. So the family that lost 3 children. The effect of the crash is being felt across regions and professions in canada at least 17 universities have confirmed they lost staff or students. Since the us hot and its policy towards iran the number of iranian students in canada has more than doubled. Knowledge about what caused the crash is unlikely to ease the grief of those close to the victims. All right lets get some analysis on all of this and for that im joined in the studio by raphael bill song hes a Security Policy expert with the German Institute for international and Security Affairs hello to you rafael so now that iran has admitted to downing the plane what are the consequences i mean this may sound a little bit strange but could something possibly good come out of this could this be a moment for tensions to deescalate could we even see possum. We see iran and the United States reengaging in the wake of this well i dont think it will have an impact on the american iranian relations and i think it is a stretch to say this can be turned into a constructive direction however i think we can see that the iranian government is trying to maintain a line of deescalation i mean the real question is of course what happens with the atomic greenland and the further sort of diplomatic discussions with europe and also other partners like russia but within this Bigger Picture this is just maybe a sign that were trying to keep our discussions open and not shutting down the trust trying to pretend that everything is fine and were just doing what we can to keep control i mean the i mean the Iranian Regime well we heard from our correspondent in tehran who is saying that Public Opinion within iran itself theres a lot of anger being expressed against the military following this admission do you expect any serious internal of repercussions in the iran in the wake of this thats very hard to say but yes of course the regime is not only under external pressure but also very much on the internal pressure i mean very recently in last autumn and winter there were severe protests which were sort of pushed back only by military force and yes people may be scared to go out in the streets again but the anger hasnt gone away and of course the regime also knows that it cannot just rule by force so yes there were reigning victims among the shot down plane and so in that sense the government has to respond and cannot just pretend its the americans what kind of response is likely what do you think might satisfy the public. Then again this is an internal matter but they said there would punish the people responsible possibly it could be finding some you know someone to blame and i dont know what punishment will be meted out. Probably not much more than not but in general as this had a beginning i think its a sign that the government tries to listen at least theyre trying to show with ups and but whether thats going to be enough for people within the country i strongly doubt that all right will we thought perhaps this is irans effort to show more openness but could it backfire i mean the United States has announced fresh sanctions on iran could we see the country becoming more isolated because of this well were right in the middle of it i mean really hinges on the other International Actors to see whether you know they have continued to offer a raise in iran alternatives to the u. S. I mean the talks for months already about providing aid and credit potentially as a compensation for u. S. Sanctions but so far this hasnt made a materialized and this is really the more important the bigger question whether this will be actually coming to practice to make up for the u. S. Pressure or whether in the end the europeans will say well rather side with the u. S. And of course within europe there is no real agreement all but has already said he wouldnt want to support this kind of line which now france and of course german to some extent are following so within this big picture of the plane i dont think will change stop much rafal both song we thank you very much indeed for your insights. Lets get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world polls have opened in taiwans president ial elections incumbent signing one hopes to win a 2nd term in office during the campaign she called the election a chance to protect taiwans democracy opposition candidates want more ties with the islands neighbor china. The sultan of oman has died state media said saeed passed away at the age of 79 after nearly half a century in power his cousin had been Tariq Al Saeed seen here receiving britains Prince William has been appointed his successor. A quick reminder now of our top story iran has admitted to shooting down an ukrainian passenger plane Iranian State t. V. Says the aircraft was brought down by accident after it flew near a sensitive military site 176 people were killed. Up next is a documentary on the spanish fishing village of wrote and the hey david experienced in 1960 s. And seventys american evan seen ill be back again at the top of the hour with another news update hope you join you that. Its time. To take one step. Face to. Talk to some actually you know. I was coming actually. Its time for