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IN THE MEDIA

Press coverage of the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims — from Canadian broadcasters to Persian-language media around the world.

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty·

Families Of Airline Downing Victims Withdraw Complaint, Say Iranian Court Incompetent

Relatives of Iranian victims of an airliner shot down in January 2020 by missiles fired by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps have withdrawn their complaint from a Tehran court, accusing it of being "a disgrace to the truth" and at the orders of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty·

Self-Exiled Brother Of Senior Iranian Official Says Only 'Regime's Overthrow' Will Bring Justice

Meghdad Jebelli, the brother of Iran's state TV chief Peyman Jebelli, spoke to RFE/RL's Radio Farda about his decision to leave Iran and seek asylum in Canada.

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Global News·

Calls for justice as 3rd anniversary of downing of flight Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 approaches | Globalnews.ca

On Jan. 8, 2020, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shot the plane down shortly after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew aboard.

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Global News·

Families of Flight PS752 victims continue to seek justice as 3rd anniversary nears - National | Globalnews.ca

Most of the passengers on Flight PS752 were bound for Canada via Ukraine, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents.

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GOV.UK·

Joint statement from the International Coordination and Response Group for the victims of Flight PS752

Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, have issued a joint statement to mark 1000 days since Iranian forces shot down Flight PS752, killing 176 civilians

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iranintl.com·

Downed Plane Victims Submit Complaint At International Criminal Court

The families of victims aboard a Ukrainian flight that was shot down by Iran in 2020 called on the International Criminal Court to investigate the case as a war crime or crime against humanity.

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the Guardian·

‘Our lives are destroyed’: families take fight for truth of flight 752 to ICC

Exclusive: grieving relatives allege war crime and crime against humanity over January 2020 downing of aircraft

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GlobeNewswire News Room·

Families of Flight PS752 victims submit request for the International Criminal Court Prosecutor to examine Iran’s role in the shootdown of Ukraine Airlines International Flight 752

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims (the Association) submitted an Article 15...

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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty·

Relatives Of Victims Of Ukrainian Airlines Flight Shot Down By IRGC Begin March To Ottawa

Several relatives of victims of a passenger flight that was shot down in Iran in January 2020 by missiles fired by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have set off on a 400-kilometer protest march in Canada.

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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty·

Iranian Parents Take On Powerful Revolutionary Guard As They Seek Justice Over Jet's Downing

Two years after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps "accidentally" shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet over Tehran, the families of the victims are struggling with what they see as a lack of accountability and justice.

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Al Jazeera·

Iran says it has begun paying families over downed Ukraine plane

Iran says it is ready to hold talks with counties whose citizens were killed when IRGC shot down civilian plane.

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AP News·

Canada court: Iran should pay families over plane shootdown

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Canada has ruled that Iran should pay about $84 million in punitive damages to families of six people with Canadian citizenship or residency who were killed in the Iranian military's downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in 2020.

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Al Jazeera·

Canadian court awards $84m to Iran plane crash victims’ families

Default judgement comes as Iran insists plane was downed near Tehran in error in 2020 amid military tensions with US.

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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty·

Ukraine, Canada, U.K., Sweden Set Deadline For Settlement With Iran Over Downing Of Airliner

Ukraine, Canada, Sweden, and Britain have told Iran that it has three weeks to reverse its refusal to address demands for reparations after the downing of a Ukrainian passenger airliner last year.

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Macdonald-Laurier Institute·

The question remains -- why was PS752 shot down? Sarah Teich, Kaveh Shahrooz, and David Matas in the Toronto Sun | Macdonald-Laurier Institute

The shooting down of PS752 has shown graphically that Iran conducts terrorist acts at home also, where immunity and cover up are so much easier than abroad.

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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty·

Iranian Military Court Begins Hearings Into Downing Of Ukrainian Airliner

An Iranian military court began a hearing over the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in 2020 that killed 176 people, the judiciary's Mizan Online agency said.

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AP News·

Iran publishes photos of closed hearing into plane shootdown

Iranian state media have published photographs of the trial investigating the shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger jet in 2020 by the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.

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AP News·

Iran hearings start over shooting down of Ukrainian airliner

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian military court Sunday began a hearing over the military's shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in 2020 that killed 176 people, the official IRNA news agency reported.

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