UN Rapporteur: Iran Tried To ‘Mislead’ After Shooting Down Ukraine Passenger Jet
Debris of Flight 752, which was shot down in January 2020, on the outskirts of Tehran
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Ukrainian airplane’s destruction in Iran may have been intentional act, new recording reveals
Canada’s government and security agencies are investigating an audio recording with new details about the Iranian missile attack that destroyed Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 near Tehran on Jan. 8, 2020, killing all 176 people on board. Canadian media outlet CBC gained access to the recording, in which a person — identified by its sources as Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad
Read moreIran to Pay $150,000 for Each Victim of Ukrainian Crashed Plane
“The government will pay the allocated money to the victims’ families once it is provided based on the reports,” Joneidi said, adding that the Ministry of Road and Urban Development is charged with paying compensation money to their families in cooperation with other national sectors. She stressed that Iran will pay the money to the families of the victims regardless
Read moreIran promises to publish report on UIA plane crash ‘later today or by tomorrow’
Technical report surrounding the January 8 crash of UIA’s flight PS752 near Tehran has been completed and will be published soon. A corresponding statement was made by Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh, Ukrinform reports with reference to MEHR. The spokesman said the report will be published and delivered to the Ukrainian side later today or by tomorrow. “The related
Read moreCanada’s FM doesn’t believe human error was to blame for UIA plane crash
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne does not believe Iran’s destruction of Ukrainian Flight PS752 can be blamed on human error. He said he did not accept Iran’s explanation for the cause of the crash but declined to outline other possible versions of the tragedy. “Well, we’ll let the process unfold… What I say is that we saw missiles being
Read moreProsecutor Mamedov: Iran conceals suspects in downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight
Iranian authorities have taken elaborate steps to keep the identities of suspects in the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines plane secret from the Ukrainian investigation and are attempting to convict and sentence them to mild penalties, according to Ukrainian Deputy Prosecutor General Giunduz Mamedov. In total, 176 people were killed in the sky over Iran’s capital Tehran as one
Read moreBlack boxes from downed Ukraine jet show missiles hit 25 seconds apart, Iran says
Analysis from the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian passenger plane shows it was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart and that passengers were still alive for some time after the impact of the first blast, Iran said on Sunday. The announcement by the head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization marks the first official report on the contents of
Read morePS752: Black box transcript confirms illegal interference with jet downed in Iran – media
22:59, 24 July 2020 – UNIAN An international team examining the black boxes from the jet has completed a preliminary analysis of the data in France. The transcript from the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran on January 8 confirms the fact of illegal interference with the plane, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister wrote on Twitter on
Read moreIranian officials ‘looted’ cellphones, rings, passports of plane crash victims, Canadian relatives say
Sources previously said Iran was harassing families of the crash victims, insisting they grieve privately and praise Tehran’s leaders Iranian authorities stripped the bodies of plane crash victims in January of jewellery, passports and other personal belongings before returning the remains to their loved ones, three family members charged Tuesday. The Canadian-based relatives alleged “looting” of bodies was just one
Read moreIran ready to deliver black box of Flight 752 for decryption: deputy FM
“According to our investigations, Iran, Ukraine, and many other countries are not able to decode the black box due to the aircraft’s modern technology,” he said, “Iran can deliver it to a French or any other foreign company with the required technology for its decryption but we have to make sure that there are no risks of abuse of the black box.” He informed
Read moreRadio Farda: Iran admits proposing separate settlement to Ukraine on downed plane
The Ukrainian government has consistently rejected a separate deal with Iran and says its position has not changed. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic in Ukraine for the first time admitted that Iran has proposed a settlement to close the case of the country’s Flight PS752 which Iran’s Revolutionary Guard downed in January. The
Read moreIran ‘likely’ to give Ukrainian airplane black box to France – report
Following the Ukrainian’s side delay in responding to Iran’s offer regarding the Ukrainian plane’s black box, the Iranian authorities have decided to send the black box to another country. Iran will “likely” send the black box from the Ukrainian airplane shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to France, Al-Arabiya reported, citing Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency. The
Read moreHRW Urges Iran To Halt Prosecutions For Protests Over Ukraine Air Crash
ranians light candles for victims of the plane crash as they protest in front of Amir Kabir University in Tehran on January 11.
Read moreUIA plane crash: Kuleba rejects possibility of uncoordinated actions with partners
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has rejected the possibility of any uncoordinated actions with Ukraine’s international partners in the investigation into the UIA plane crash near Tehran on January 8. “I have already explained that our position has not changed. We work towards a result in close collaboration with the colleagues from the International Coordination and Response Group for
Read moreMedia: Iran pushes Kyiv to sign memorandum of understanding on downed Ukrainian plane
Iran is pushing Ukraine to sign a document obliging relatives of the victims of the crash of the Ukraine International Airlines passenger plane over Tehran to waive the right of further litigation, reports Radio Farda. It is noted that Iran has sent to the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs a draft memorandum of understanding, according to which, the families of
Read moreJack Laurenson: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the Week
By Jack Laurenson. Editor’s Note: This feature separates Ukraine’s friends from its enemies. The Order of Yaroslav the Wise has been given since 1995 for distinguished service to the nation. It is named after the Kyivan Rus leader from 1019-1054, when the medieval empire reached its zenith. The Order of Lenin was the highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union, whose
Read moreIran Admits It ‘Unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Airliner, Citing ‘Human Error’
Emergency crews survey the scene of a Ukrainian jetliner shot down by an Iranian missile near Tehran.
Read morePS752 crash: Ukrainian experts examining Boeing wreckage in Iran say fire didn’t start from engines
16:55, 09 January 2020 The team expects to gain access to air traffic control system radar data. Members of the Ukrainian state commission investigating the crash of the Ukrainian Boeing 737 near Tehran, who had earlier arrived in Iran and have examined the plane wreckage. The engine malfunction version cannot be confirmed, a Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov said with reference
Read morePompeo says U.S. stands prepared to offer Ukraine assistance in flight PS 752 probe
21:35, 08 January 2020 The United States calls for complete cooperation with any investigation into the cause of the crash. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. stands prepared to offer Ukraine assistance in a probe into the crash of Ukrainian International Airlines’ flight PS752 in Iran on January 8. “The U.S. Department of State extends our
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