The Iranian military shot down a civilian jetliner earlier this year, killing 176 people including 55 Canadians and 30 permanent residents.

State-run media is reporting that Iran has sent the black box flight recorder from a Ukrainian passenger jet that it mistakenly shot down in January to France for further analysis following months of delays.

Canada's transport minister says it's been 92 days since Iran told the UN aviation council that it would give the flight data and cockpit voice recorders to Ukraine.

An Iranian official promised on March 11 to transfer the flight recorders within two weeks to assist with Ukraine's investigation into the crash.

A tribute is being held Saturday in Edmonton to remember the Canadians who were killed when a Ukrainian passenger plane crashed minutes after takeoff from Tehran.

Canada met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Munich Security Conference, and Champagne told a news conference afterward that they made it clear to Zarif what Iran must do.

Authorities said two people suffered injuries in the hard landing of the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 flown by Caspian Airlines in Mahshahr, a city in Iran’s oil-rich southwestern Khuzestan province.

The flight recorders, commonly known as black boxes, sustained physical damage, although the memory is intact after the flight was hit by two missiles within three minutes of taking off from Tehran's airport on Jan. 8, the report says.

As the investigation into the downing of a Ukrainian passenger aircraft continues, many questions remain unanswered, including how families of the 176 victims will be compensated.

Iran's judiciary said Tuesday that arrests have been made and the president has called for a special court to be set up to probe the downing last week of the plane by Iranian forces.