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Iran says it will not hand over black box from crashed Boeing 737

Iran's aviation authority said it would not hand over to Americans the recovered black boxes of a Boeing 737 that crashed Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers and crew.

"We will not give the black boxes to the manufacturer (Boeing) and the Americans," Iran Civil Aviation Organisation head Ali Abedzadeh said, quoted by Mehr news agency.

Though the crash coincided with the Iranian attacks on the Iraqi military bases, there is no suggestion of a link between the incidents.