Canada, allies file notice of claim against Iran for downing flight PS752

Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom have delivered a notice of claim against Iran over its downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, the four countries said Thursday. Foreign ministers from those countries, who lost citizens and residents when the jetliner was shot down shortly after taking off from Tehran in January 2020, said in a statement that Iran's "actions and omissions amount to breaches of international law." The ministers said their countries, nationals and residents on board flight PS752 were seriously and irreversibly harmed by the tragedy. "Iran must fulfil its legal responsibility to make full reparations to the group of states," the ministers said. A followup statement said Afghanistan, which is the fifth member of the International Co-ordination and Response Group for families of victims of Flight 752, will remain a "key partner" but not take part in the coming negotiations as it deals with a series of attacks in Kabul. The other four ministers called on Iran to set a date to begin talks on the issue. Their demands include an acknowledgment of wrongdoing, a full accounting of events that led to Iran's Revolutionary Guard firing two missiles at the plane, a public apology, reassurances it will not happen again, transparent prosecutions and compensation for damages suffered by the victims and their families.<br/>