June 29 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The governments of Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom have announced this Thursday that they will take Iran to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the shooting down of the PS752 plane of Ukraine International Airlines that was attacked on January 8, 2020 shortly after take off from Tehran.
The so-called International Coordination and Response Group for the victims of the tragedy has reported in a statement that, given that an agreement has not been reached to resolve the legal dispute, Iran will have to answer before the ICJ for committing “acts unlawful acts against security in the civil aviation sector”.
“The Coordination Group intends to continue its collective effort to ensure that Iran is held accountable for the unlawful shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 by referring the dispute to the International Court of Justice as soon as possible,” it said in a statement. a statement from the Ukrainian government.
An Iranian officer was sentenced to ten years in prison in April for failing to comply with orders, while nine others were sentenced to between six months and three years in prison for their involvement in the downing of the plane.
The commander of the Tor M-1 anti-aircraft defense system, sentenced to thirteen years in prison, thought that the plane was a cruise missile, so he ordered it fired despite not having authorization and despite the fact that it went against established protocols. . Two surface-to-air missiles were launched, bringing down the aircraft.
Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, which left Tehran for kyiv, was shot down shortly after takeoff from Tehran International Airport on January 8. All 176 people on board died, including nationals of Ukraine, Iran, Canada, Sweden, Afghanistan, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Three days after the tragedy, Iran acknowledged that it shot down the plane “by mistake” amid tension over the death in a US attack on Iraqi soil of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, architect of the Islamic Republic’s foreign policy.
