MADRID, June 29 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The governments of Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom announced on Thursday that they will sue Iran in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the downing of Ukraine’s PS752 plane. International Airlines which was attacked on January 8, 2020 shortly after taking off from Tehran.

The so-called International Coordination and Response Group for the victims of the tragedy reported in a statement that since an agreement has not been reached to resolve the legal dispute, Iran will have to answer before the ICJ. for committing “unlawful acts against security in the civil aviation sector”.

“The Umbrella Group intends to continue its collective effort to ensure that Iran is held accountable for the unlawful downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 by referring the dispute to the International Court of Justice as soon as possible,” he said in a statement. a statement from the Ukrainian government.

An Iranian officer was sentenced in April to ten years in prison for disobeying orders, while nine others were sentenced to between six months and three years in prison for their involvement in the downing of the plane.

The commander of the Tor M-1 air defense system, sentenced to thirteen years in prison, thought the plane was a cruise missile, so he ordered it to be fired when he had no authorization and despite the fact that it went against established protocols. . Two surface-to-air missiles were launched, bringing the plane down.

Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, which was leaving Tehran for Kyiv, was shot down shortly after takeoff from Tehran International Airport on January 8. All 176 people on board died, including Ukrainian, Iranian, Canadian, Swedish, Afghan, German and British nationals.

Three days after the tragedy, Iran has admitted shooting down the plane “by mistake” amid tensions over the death in a US attack on Iraqi soil of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, an architect of Iran’s foreign policy. the Islamic Republic.