The United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden, and Ukraine launched a case against Iran at the United Nations' highest court on July 5 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 U.K., as well as Afghanistan and Iran. To read the original story by AP, click here.
U.K., Canada, Sweden, Ukraine Take Iran To Top UN Court Over 2020 Downing Of Passenger Jet
Most of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down the Ukrainian jet near Tehran in January 2020 were citizens from Canada, Britain, Sweden, and Ukraine.