The Hague: The UK, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine launched a case against Iran at the United Nations‘ highest court Wednesday over the downing in 2020 of a Ukrainian passenger jet and the deaths of all 176 passengers and crew. The four countries want the International Court of Justice to rule that Iran illegally shot down the Ukraine International Airlines plane and to order Tehran to apologize and pay compensation to the families of the victims.
Flight PS752 was traveling from Tehran to Kyiv on January 8, 2020 when it was shot down soon after takeoff. The people killed included nationals and residents of Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, as well as Afghanistan and Iran. “Today’s legal action reflects our unwavering commitment to achieving transparency, justice and accountability for the families of victim,” the countries said. They said they filed the case after Iran failed to respond to a December request for arbitration. The downing happened on the same day Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on US troops in Iraq in retaliation for an American drone strike that killed a top Iranian general.
Flight PS752 was traveling from Tehran to Kyiv on January 8, 2020 when it was shot down soon after takeoff. The people killed included nationals and residents of Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, as well as Afghanistan and Iran. “Today’s legal action reflects our unwavering commitment to achieving transparency, justice and accountability for the families of victim,” the countries said. They said they filed the case after Iran failed to respond to a December request for arbitration. The downing happened on the same day Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on US troops in Iraq in retaliation for an American drone strike that killed a top Iranian general.