In a long statement on the airline's website today, Yevhenii Dykhne also says the company expects the formalities for compensation to families of the 176 people killed will be ``finalized in the immediate future.''

The Iranian foreign minister held a rare face-to-face meeting with his Canadian counterpart on Friday in Muscat, Oman.

For the first time in eight years, Iran's top leader joined weekly prayers, dismissing “American clowns” who want to stick their “poisoned dagger” into the country's back.

'I would speculate that he had a role in supplying Canada’s enemies. And those enemies subsequently hurt Canadians.' a former official with Canadian Security Intelligence says.

Iran had denied for several days that a missile downed the aircraft.

The travel advisory on Iran was issued by the Canadian government due to the "volatile security situation, the regional threat of terrorism and the risk of arbitrary detention."

The Canadians were on high alert after the killing of an Iranian general by the U.S. on Jan. 3, which had prompted threats of retaliation from Tehran.

Iranian officials are furious that millions of dollars' worth of the Islamic Republic's assets in Canada have been seized, sold and used to compensate victims of terrorist groups.

U.S. President Donald Trump has long criticized the 2015 deal but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has praised it.