All 176 people aboard the airliner were killed after the plane was shot down on Iranian airspace.
Tehran:
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that everyone responsible for the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner must be punished.
"For our people it is very important in this incident that whoever was at fault or negligent at any level" faces justice, he said in a televised speech. "Anyone who should be punished must be punished."