JUST IN: It could take up to two months to extract data from the black boxes of the plane that crashed in Iran on Wednesday, according to senior Iranian Civil Aviation Organization officials
From CNN’s Radina Gigova
"No one will assume responsibility for such a big lie once it is known that the claim had been fraudulent," government spokesperson Ali Rabiei said in a statement, according to state-run Press TV. Rabiei said according to international rules, the aviation organization of the country where the incident occurred , the aviation organization of the country that issued qualification for the flight , the owner of the plane , the factory builder of the plane and the factory builder of the engine of the plane can take part in the investigation of the incident.
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