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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 648

Ukraine International Airlines flight 752

Rescue workers carry the body of a victim of a Ukrainian plane crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2020. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
July 5, 2023, 3:57 pm
4 countries take Iran to top UN court over 2020 downing of Ukrainian passenger jet
UK, Canada, Sweden, Ukraine seek ruling that Iran illegally shot down Flight PS752, killing 176 passengers and crew, want it ordered to pay compensation to families of victims
By Mike Corder
People gather for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Ukraine plane crash, at the gate of Amri Kabir University where some of the victims of the crash were former students, in Tehran, Iran, January 11, 2020. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
April 16, 2023, 11:23 pm
Iranian court sentences 10 troops to jail terms over 2020 Ukraine jet downing
More than 3 years after 176 were killed in downing of flight 752, commander who gave order gets 10 years, nine others jailed for 1-3 years
By AFP
Rescue teams work amidst debris after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning on January 8, 2020, killing everyone on board. (AFP)
February 11, 2022, 8:55 am
Iran and 4 countries clash over reparations for 2020 downing of Ukrainian jet
Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and Britain accuse Tehran of avoiding international legal responsibilities over missile attack on passenger plane that killed 176 passengers and crew
By Edith M. Lederer
Rescue workers search the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of Tehran, Iran, on January 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
January 10, 2022, 11:01 pm
Bereaved Iranian couple sues top security officials over airliner downing
Mohsen Assadi-Lari, whose son and daughter were killed when Iran shot down Ukrainian passenger plane, says the suit targets Revolutionary Guards generals, security council chief
By AFP
Rescue workers search the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, on January 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
January 8, 2022, 6:17 pm
Tehran rally demands justice on 2nd anniversary of jet downing
Relatives of victims gather at crash site, say many questions remain unanswered
By AFP
In this file photo taken on January 08, 2021 a woman cries in front of a huge screen bearing portraits of late crew members and passengers of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, which crashed in Iran a year before, during a commemorative ceremony at the site of a future memorial on the Dnipro river bank in Ukraine's capital Kiev (Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
January 7, 2022, 8:16 pm
Iran says it has begun paying compensation to families over downed Ukraine jet
The $150,000 payments were announced unilaterally by Tehran and not connected to $80 million awarded to six victims by a Canadian court
By AFP
Iranians mourn in Tehran during a funeral procession for 150 Iranian soldiers killed in the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), whose bodies were recovered from battlefields, on January 6, 2022. (AFP)
January 6, 2022, 3:02 pm
Thousands of Iranian mourners attend mass funeral for 250 dead in ’80s war with Iraq
None of the victims’ remains identified; tombstones read ‘anonymous martyr’; largest such ceremony in recent years, ahead of 2nd anniversary of downing of Ukrainian plane
By Isabel Debre
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a memorial service for the victims of the Ukrainian Airlines flight PS752 crash in Iran at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada, January 12, 2020. (Walter Tychnowicz / AFP)
January 4, 2022, 11:21 am
Canada court awards families CAN$100m compensation over airliner downed by Iran
Relatives of 6 of the 85 Canadians killed when Ukrainian plane was destroyed in 2020 sought CAN$1.5 billion in damages
By AFP
A picture obtained from the Iranian Mizan News agency shows a view of the opening hearing in the military trial for the Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 that was shot down in January 2020 near the capital, that began in Tehran on November 21, 2021. (MIZAN NEWS / AFP)
November 21, 2021, 11:07 pm
Iran starts hearings over 2020 downing of Ukrainian airliner that killed 176
10 military personnel suspected; victims’ families attend first trial session
By AP
Debris at the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2020. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
April 6, 2021, 10:54 am
Iran prosecutor says 10 indicted over 2020 shootdown of Ukraine passenger plane
Iranian media reports provide no further details of charges against those allegedly involved in downing of jet that killed 176 people
By Jon Gambrell
Debris litters the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
March 17, 2021, 11:09 pm
Iran absolves its armed forces in final report on downing of Ukrainian plane
Civil aviation agency withholds key details, again claims human error caused missiles to be fired at aircraft, killing 176; Ukraine derides ‘cynical attempt to hide true causes’
By Agencies
Rescue teams work amid debris after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning on January 8, 2020, killing everyone on board. (AFP)
February 24, 2021, 7:42 am
UN expert says Iran lied about downing of Ukraine airliner
Special UN rapporteur says Tehran’s explanation of 2020 incident, which killed 176, contradicts facts and technical assessments of experts
By AFP
Debris litters the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
December 30, 2020, 8:19 pm
Iran allocates $150,000 to pay each family of 176 Ukraine crash victims
Cabinet creates compensation fund for those killed when Iranian forces accidentally shot down passenger plane minutes after takeoff from Tehran airport
By Isabel Debre
Rescue workers search the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, on January 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
November 7, 2020, 6:15 am
UN agency urges Iran to speed up probe into downing of Ukrainian plane
International Civil Aviation Organization calls on Tehran to fulfill provision that findings of investigation should be published within 12 months
By AFP
Yevhenii Yenin (C), Ukraine's deputy minister for foreign affairs, meets with members of the Iranian delegation in the second round of talks on compensation for the families of victims of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crash, in Iran's capital Tehran on October 19, 2020 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
October 20, 2020, 12:51 am
Iran and Ukraine launch new round of talks over downed plane
In Tehran, Kyiv’s representatives welcome ‘Iran’s decision to take full responsibility, readiness to ensure compensation’
By AFP
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