Category: PS752

Iran Tampered With Victims’ Electronic Devices in Aftermath of PS752 Downing: Report

November 24, 2021
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OTTAWA—A new report is accusing Iranian authorities of tampering with the electronic devices and misidentifying the remains of some of the passengers killed on Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752. The findings are among new revelations contained in a lengthy report by the Association of the Families of Flight PS752 Victims that examines the Jan. 8, 2020…

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Trudeau, O’Toole, Demand Accountability as Iranian Officials Indicted for PS752 Crash

April 6, 2021
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OTTAWA—Ten officials have been indicted in Iran over the 2020 military shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, but the move did nothing to quell Canadian demands for accountability Tuesday. More than 100 of the 176 victims—at least one of whom was pregnant—had ties to Canada, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30…

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Canadians Continue to Mark One Year of Downing of Flight PS752 in Iran

January 8, 2021
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Commemorations continue today for the victims of a passenger jet shot down by the Iranian military one year ago today. They began Thursday with a livestream at 9:42 p.m. ET, the exact moment Flight PS752 took off from the airport near the capital of Tehran. Voices of loved ones speaking Farsi—some wishing to talk to…

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Canadians Continue to Mark 1-year Anniversary of Downed Ukraine Plane by Iran

January 8, 2021
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Commemorations continue today for the victims of a passenger jet shot down by the Iranian military one year ago today. They began Thursday with a livestream at 9:42 p.m. ET, the exact moment Flight PS752 took off from the airport near the capital of Tehran. Voices of loved ones speaking Farsi—some wishing to talk to…

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Goodale Rejects Iran’s Offer to Compensate Canadian Victims of Downed Ukraine Plane

January 7, 2021
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OTTAWA—Canada’s special adviser on the Iranian military’s downing of a passenger jet one year ago this week is rejecting Tehran’s offer to pay $150,000 to the families of those killed in the tragedy. Ralph Goodale, the former Liberal public safety minister, says Iran doesn’t have the right to offer compensation to victims’ families unilaterally. Goodale…

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Families of Downed Ukrainian Flight 752 Victims Struggle With Loss a Year Later

January 5, 2021
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A broken cellphone and a muddied wallet were the only possessions Alireza Ghandchi received from Iran after his wife and two children were killed in a Ukrainian plane crash last year. “No luggage, no dolls, no anything,” he said. His son, Daniel, was eight-years-old and his daughter, Dorsa, was just three days shy of turning…

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Iran Allocates Payment for Downing Ukraine Plane, but Ottawa Says No Offer Yet

December 31, 2020
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Iran’s cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran last January, the president announced Wednesday. Iran will pay $150,000 for each victim, state TV reported, without specifying a timeline for the awards….

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