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Ukraine, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Sweden will go to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in their bid to hold Iran accountable for the downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 in January 2020. The Boeing 737-800 crashed after being shot down by Iranian army personnel shortly after taking off from Tehrans Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA), killing all 176 people onboard.

A few days ago, the International Coordination and Response Group for the victims of Flight PS752, including the UK, Ukraine, Canada, and Sweden, issued a joint statement after Iran published a technical report on the accident stating the downing of the aircraft was a human mistake.

The International Coordination and Response Group said,

We, the members of the International Coordination and Response Group for the victims of Flight PS752, representing Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom, note that no agreement on the organization of arbitration was reached between Iran and the Coordination Group pursuant to Article 14 of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation.

Accordingly, the Group will pursue its collective effort to ensure Iran is held accountable for the downing of flight 752 by referring the dispute to the International Court of Justice as soon as is practicable, the group added.

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In January 2022, the Coordination Group had said that efforts to resolve the downing of the Ukraine International Airlines flight with Iran were futile. Ten Iranian army personnel were jailed earlier this year for their role in the accident. The primary defendant was sentenced to 13 years in prison: three years for downing the plane and ten years for disobeying orders. Nine other members were also found guilty of wrongdoing and were each sentenced to between one and three years in prison.

The tragedy took place on January 8, 2020. Ukraine International Airlines was operating a scheduled service from Teheran to Kyivs Boryspil International Airport (KPB). The airline employed a Boeing 737-800, registered as UR-PSR, for the service. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was 3.5 years old, having just been delivered in July 2016.

Onboard the aircraft, there were 176 people (167 passengers and nine crew members). Of this total, 138 were bound for Canada, with a connection in Kyiv, as many of them were Iranian Canadian students and academics.

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Shortly after taking off, the plane crashed down after being taken down by the Iranian armed forces. At the time, there were heightened tensions in Iran following the killing of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani by US forces in Baghdad, Iraq. Iran was on edge about possible attacks after it fired missiles at Iraqi bases housing US forces.

The United Commander had mistaken the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 for a cruise missile and hit it with two missiles in contravention of the commanding center's order and without obtaining the necessary permit.

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