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Canada, different international locations say persistence with Iran carrying skinny over airliner talks – Nationwide

Canada, different international locations say persistence with Iran carrying skinny over airliner talks – Nationwide

Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and Britain on Thursday stated they may think about new steps in keeping with worldwide legislation towards Iran if it failed to reply by Jan. 5 to calls for for reparations after the downing of a passenger airliner final yr.

A lot of the 176 individuals killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian jet in January 2020 have been residents from these 4 international locations, which created a coordination group that seeks to carry Tehran to account.

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“The Coordination Group’s persistence is carrying skinny,” it stated in a press release, including that the group had pressed Tehran to open talks on reparations and to ship justice however stated Iran had proven it was reluctant to reply in a well timed method.

It stated Iran ought to reply by Jan 5 or the group would “have to noticeably think about different actions to resolve this matter throughout the framework of worldwide legislation” however gave no particulars.

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Iran aircraft crash: Impartial Canadian report finds flaws in Iran’s probe into downing of airliner – Dec 15, 2020

Tehran says Revolutionary Guards unintentionally shot down the Boeing 737 jet and blamed a misaligned radar and an error by the air protection operator at a time when tensions have been excessive between Tehran and the USA.

Final month, households of victims alleged in a report that high-ranking Iranian officers have been accountable. In June, Canada stated it had discovered no proof that the downing of the aircraft had been premeditated.

— Reporting by David Ljunggren





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