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9. Immediate statements that black boxes would not be shared with Boeing and US.
10. Early statements stating memory of black boxes damaged likely without detailed lengthy specialist attempts.
It just doesn't look good the overall picture emerging, and understandably nobody will admit what the real facts are.
Only a thorough genuine transparent investigation will tell, and you only get that if all sides want to reveal the truth. In the absence of an open transparent investigation, the events and information allows everyone to come to their own conclusions.
The reports of refusal to share the recorders outside the country were later called as due to poor translation.
A more recent report has
"... the black box of this very Ukrainian Boeing 737 is damaged. Ukrainian Aviation experts arrived here in Tehran today. We had a session with them. From tomorrow they will start decoding the data."
"If the available equipment is not enough to get the content Iran will outsource the boxes to the experts from France or Canada," Abedzadeh said.
Of direct concern to what you say there is will the investigation be carried out and openly published by the relevant authorities, including those coming from abroad, or will things be hampered by the state.
A spokesman for the Iranian regime has been quoted denouncing speculation about missiles as a form of psychological warfare. Not necessarily promising for the clarity of the ultimate result.