AMSTERDAM — Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and Britain have requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to open proceedings in opposition to Iran over the taking pictures down of a Ukrainian passenger aircraft in 2020 that killed all 176 individuals on board, authorized filings confirmed on Wednesday.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards shot down the Ukraine International Airlines flight on Jan. 8, 2020 shortly after it took off from Tehran Airport in what Iranian officers mentioned on the time was a “disastrous mistake.”
In their utility to the ICJ, often known as the World Court, the 4 nations mentioned Iran had violated “a series of obligations” in opposition to the so-called Montreal Convention, geared toward securing the protection of civilian air journey.
They mentioned Iran had did not take all practicable measures to forestall the downing of Flight PS752 and had did not conduct an neutral, clear and honest prison investigation and prosecution.
Most of the individuals killed within the crash had been residents of the 4 nations, which created a coordination group aiming to carry Iran to account.
Iran says its forces by accident shot down the Boeing 737 jet at a time when tensions had been excessive between Tehran and Washington, and a last report issued in 2021 blamed a misaligned radar and an error by an air defence operator.
Canada on the time mentioned the report made “no attempt to answer critical questions about what truly happened.” Ukraine known as it a cynical try by Iranian authorities to cowl up the true causes for the crash, which it mentioned it suspected was intentional. — Reuters
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