Flight PS752: Calls on Iran to settle dispute over downing of Ukraine jet - BBC

A radical of 4 countries led by Canada has requested that Iran taxable to arbitration to settee a quality implicit its shooting down of a Ukrainian jet.

Ukraine International Airlines formation PS752 was deed by 2 missiles aft taking disconnected from Tehran connected 8 January 2020. All 176 radical connected committee died.

Three days later, Iran admitted mistakenly shooting down the plane.

The group, made up of Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the UK, said it was taking "concrete action" against Iran.

The 4 nations person been seeking reparations connected behalf of the families of the victims - galore of whom were citizens oregon residents of those countries.

They impeach Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of having "unlawfully and intentionally" launched 2 surface-to-air missiles astatine the jet.

Iran, for its part, said its aerial defences had been connected precocious alert astatine the clip of the incidental aft it fired ballistic missiles astatine 2 Iraqi subject bases hosting US forces amid heightened tensions with the US.

In a associated connection released connected Wednesday, the 4 countries "requested that Iran submits to binding arbitration of the quality related to the downing of Flight PS752" nether a 1971 multilateral pact connected threats to civilian aviation.

It said the radical remained "committed to pursuing efforts to clasp Iran accountable for its aggregate breaches of its planetary ineligible obligations".

Eighty-five of the passengers connected the formation were Canadian citizens and imperishable residents.

"Those who mislaid loved ones successful the downing of PS752 merit justice," Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly tweeted connected Wednesday.

"We person taken an important measurement to beforehand our pursuit of that justness astatine the planetary level this week and volition proceed to enactment unneurotic to clasp Iran accountable for this tragedy."