Iran taken to top UN court over 2020 downing of Ukrainian passenger jet
Rescue workers carry the body of a victim of a Ukrainian plane crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.
BRITAIN, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine launched a case against Iran at the United Nations’ highest court today 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 apologise and pay compensation to the families of the victims.
Flight PS752 was travelling from Tehran to Kiev on January 8 2020 when it was shot down soon after takeoff.
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