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OFFICIAL STATEMENTS

Formal statements and press releases from the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims.

69 statements published

StatementJan 2, 2026

The Statement by the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims in Response to Widespread Protests and the Violent Suppression of Citizens

Protests, strikes, and market closures are the exercise of citizens’ civil and legal rights to express dissatisfaction and demand their fundamental rights. Responding to these protests with violence, the use of suppressive forces and plainclothes agents, mass arrests, and shooting at defenceless people constitutes a blatant violation of fundamental human rights and human dignity. It ...

StatementDec 17, 2025

The Statement by Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims On the State Killing of the Honorable Iranian Lawyer, Khosrow Alikordi

The killing of Khosrow Alikordi, an honorable, committed Iranian lawyer and human rights defender, was not a “natural incident,” but rather another link in the long chain of systematic elimination of independent, justice-seeking voices and defenders of human dignity in Iran. This crime, which on its own demands immediate, independent, and transparent investigation, has today ...

StatementAug 27, 2025

The Statement by Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims Regarding the Australian Governments Decision to Expel the Ambassador of the Islamic Regime

The Association of Families of Victims of Flight PS752 welcomes the Australian government’s decision to expel the ambassador of the Islamic Regime and to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization in that country.Over the past five decades, the Islamic Regime has been involved in many crimes. The downing of Flight PS752, which murdered 176 passengers ...

StatementAug 13, 2025

The Statement by Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims regarding the Court of Appeal’s Decision to Uphold the Finding of Negligence Against Ukraine International Airlines

This week, the Court of Appeal for Ontario upheld the lower court’s finding of negligence against Ukraine International Airlines (UIA). The lower court had determined that UlA was negligent in failing to prevent Flight PS752 from departing Tehran on January 8, 2020. The lower court’s ruling found the Islamic Republic’s reports unconvincing and rejected the ...

StatementJun 16, 2025

The Association’s Statement on the War

The people of Iran have had no part in the war that has broken out. Over the past decades, no one has asked their opinion in decision-making on the minor and major affairs of the country, and now they are trapped in this war. Many commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including some who ...

StatementMay 13, 2025

Statement of the Association regarding the Bandar Abbas tragedy

The recent explosion in Bandar Abbas is a repetition of a painful trend that has, for nearly half a century, sacrificed human lives for the survival of a ruthless and destructive regime. In this latest criminal act, which as always, has been marred in the lies and treachery of the Islamic regime, dozens of employees ...

StatementMar 17, 2025

Statement of the Association on ICAO Council’s Historic Ruling Against the Islamic Republic of Iran

After more than five years, the Islamic Regime in Iran has been condemned by a majority vote in ICAO (the International Civil Aviation Organization). Based on a complaint filed by four countries—Canada, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and Sweden—on January 8, 2024, at the ICAO Council, the Islamic Republic of Iran was required to answer for ...

StatementFeb 23, 2025

Report to the Public: the Lawsuit Against the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims

Recently, a lawsuit filed by a member of the Association, alleging that the Association failed to adhere to its objectives, was decisively dismissed by a judge of the Ontario Superior Court. Now, with greater peace of mind, we can report to the public and provide a detailed explanation of this legal case that has been ...

StatementJan 17, 2025

Statement of the Association Regarding the Official Objection of the Islamic Regime to the Jurisdiction of the International Court Of Justice

The Islamic Regime in Iran officially objected yesterday to the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hear the case of the downing of Flight PS752. On October 16, 2024, the four affected countries — Canada, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and Sweden — submitted their documents and evidence against this government. The Islamic ...

StatementJan 10, 2025

Statement of the Association on the Fifth Anniversary of the Downing of Flight PS752

Five years have passed. Five years passed from the shooting down of a passenger airplane over Tehran Airport. Five years passed from silencing of kind hearts and beautiful eyes that were struck by missiles. Five years passed from the killing of the defenseless, from the burned suitcases, and from the assault of bulldozers on what ...

StatementDec 27, 2024

The Association’s statement on the Downing of Azerbaijani Flight 8243

The news of the downing of Azerbaijani airplane, on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the downing of PS752 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was shocking and heartbreaking for us. If the role of Russian air defense in this incident is confirmed, unfortunately, this marks the third airplane downed by Russian-backed forces in ...

StatementNov 17, 2024

The Association’s Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of Bloody November

Five years ago, during these very days, a massive wave of Iranians took to the streets against the Islamic Republic regime. Over a hundred cities in Iran witnessed protests and demonstrations. Thousands of people participated in these protests, and the Islamic regime of Iran met them with the most brutal suppression possible. The government initially ...