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A Year Later, Downing of Jet Still Divides Canada and Iran
Posted by Scott Lucas | Dec 31, 2020 |
The wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, downed by the Iranian military near Tehran, January 8, 2020. Many of the 176 victims were Iranians resident in Canada.
As the first anniversary of the fatal downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps approaches, the Iranian and Canadian governments are not even close to settling their differences on the tragedy, with Ottawa even suggesting it may pursue justice at the International Court of Justice at The Hague.
Canada lost 55 citizens and 30 permanent residents when the IRGC, according to Iran’s official account, misidentified a Ukrainian passenger aircraft as a cruise missile flying over Tehran and downed it with two Tor M-1 missiles shortly after takeoff in the early morning of January 8, 2020. ....

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