COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – The countries whose citizens died when Iran accidentally shot down a Ukrainian plane said on Friday they want Iran to do justice and make sure that Iran is the relatives of the victims and the countries that affected, fully compensated. ‘
In a joint statement celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crash, Ukraine, Canada, Britain, Afghanistan and Sweden said they wanted Tehran to provide a full and thorough account of the events. and decisions that led to this horrific plane crash. “
Sweden had earlier said that Iran had agreed to compensate the families of foreign victims.
The shooting by the Iranian revolutionary guard took place the same evening when Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on US soldiers in Iraq, responding to the US drone that killed the guard general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad on January 3.
The plane was on its way to the Ukrainian capital Kiev. The victims included 57 Canadian citizens, as well as 11 Ukrainians, 17 people from Sweden, four Afghans and four British citizens. Those from Sweden included both Swedish nationals and people with residence permits in the Scandinavian country.
Initially, Iran denied its involvement in the plane crash, but announced that its military had shot down the Ukrainian plane wrongly and unintentionally.
The declaration was signed by ministers of Afghanistan, Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
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This story was corrected to remove reference to France, which had no civilians on board the plane.