(ANSA) – ROME, JANUARY 04 – A Canadian court has awarded 107 million Canadian dollars (about 74.2 million euros), in addition to interest, to the families of six of the victims of the flight PS752 of the Ukraine International Airlines airline shot down ” January 8, 2020 immediately after take-off from Tehran.
This is the first time that compensation has been awarded to the families of the victims, the Canadian public broadcaster CBC reports, adding that Iran has not defended itself in court. All 176 people on board were killed in the disaster, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 passengers with permanent residence in Canada.
It is not clear at this point how Tehran’s payment will take place, which last May rejected the verdict of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, according to which the downing of the flight occurred “deliberately” and was an “act of terrorism. “. For his part, the victims ‘relatives’ lawyer, Mark Arnold, said he will seek the seizure of Iranian assets in Canada and abroad, which could also include oil tankers.
The shooting took place at a moment of maximum alert of the Iranian anti-aircraft, which a few hours earlier had launched a missile attack on an American base in Iraq in retaliation for the January 3, 2020 killing in a US raid in Baghdad of General Qassem Soleimani, Commander of the Qods forces of the Pasdaran. The Islamic Republic admitted responsibility after a few days. According to the final report of the civil aviation body of Tehran, published last March, it was a “human error”.
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