4 Nations Take Legal Action Against Iran For 2020 Downing of Civilian Airliner

The UK, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine have initiated proceedings against Iran in the International Court of Justice for shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane in January 2020 and killing all 176 people on board.
The nations argue Iran violated obligations to ensure civilian air safety, failed to prevent the crash or conduct a fair investigation, and withheld evidence.
Initially denied responsibility for the crash, Iran later admitted its military mistakenly shot down the airliner shortly after takeoff from Tehran.
The countries are seeking a ruling that Iran was at fault and should apologize and pay compensation to victims’ families.
The crash killed Iranians, Canadians, Ukrainians, Swedes, Afghans, Germans and British citizens.