Tehran, Iran – A military prosecutor says indictments have been brought against “10 of the officials who had a role” in the deadly downing of a Ukraine International flight over Tehran last year.
In a ceremony on Tuesday to introduce his successor, Gholam Abbas Torki said the individuals – whom he did not name or otherwise identify – will head to court soon, though he also did not provide a timeframe.
Torki said in January 2020, shortly after Flight PS752 was downed by two missiles fired from an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) air battery, that 10 individuals had been subject to disciplinary action including dismissals or demotions, and will soon go on trial.
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OTTAWA Ten officials have been indicted in Iran over the 2020 military shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, but the move did nothing to quell Canadian demands for accountability Tuesday.
More than 100 of the 176 victims at least one of whom was pregnant had ties to Canada, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents.
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The announcement comes after Iran faced withering international criticism last month for releasing a final report into the shootdown of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 that blamed human error, but named no one responsible for the incident.
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Ten officials have been indicted in Iran over the 2020 military shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, a prosecutor said Tuesday, an announcement coming just as Tehran begins indirect negotiations with the West over its collapsed nuclear deal with world powers.
Ten officials have been indicted in Iran over the 2020 military shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, a prosecutor said Tuesday, an announcement coming just as Tehran begins indirect negotiations with the West over its collapsed nuclear deal with world powers.
More than 100 of the 176 victims at least one of whom was pregnant had ties to Canada, and 55 were Canadian citizens.
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MIAMI – Iran’s Military Prosecutor has indicted ten unidentified officials who are thought to have had a role in the fatal 2020 Ukraine International Airlines (PS) crash. Tehran Military Prosecutor Gholam Abbas Torki, also said that the ten officials “will head to court soon.” No precise timetable was mentioned.
This was also confirmed by Shokrollah Bahrami, head of the Military Judicial, which indicated that the case was set for the court and trial should begin during the new Iranian year beginning on March 21.
According to major global news outlets, the final investigation report released by Iran received a cold welcome from Ukraine Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, who deemed the report a “biased probe into the disaster that resulted in deceptive conclusions.”