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31 December, 2020, 11:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: General view of the debris of the Ukraine International Airlines, flight PS752, Boeing 737-800 plane that crashed after take-off from Iran s Imam Khomeini airport, on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran January 8, 2020 is seen in this screen grab obtained from a social media video via REUTERS
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s Cabinet on Wednesday allocated $150,000 for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane shot down in Iranian airspace in January, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Describing Iran’s handling of the situation as “unacceptable”, Ukraine said the amount of compensation should be negotiated and called for those responsible to be brought to justice.
Iran allocates $150,000 for each family of Ukraine plane crash victims
Describing Iran s handling of the situation as unacceptable, Kyiv says the amount of compensation should be negotiated
Iran s Revolutionary Guard Corps has said it accidentally shot down the Ukraine International Airlines plane shortly after take-off in January (AFP) By Published date: 31 December 2020 08:49 UTC | Last update: 2 months 3 weeks ago
Iran s cabinet on Wednesday allocated $150,000 for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane shot down in Iranian airspace in January, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Describing Iran s handling of the situation as unacceptable, Ukraine said the amount of compensation should be negotiated and called for those responsible to be brought to justice.
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Medical staff at the site of the crash of a Ukraine passenger jet shot down by the Iranian military outside Tehran, Iran on January 8, 2020
Iran’s Cabinet has allocated $150,000 for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger jet shot down by the Iranian military on January 8.
Two missiles brought down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 soon after it took off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini international Airport, killing all passengers and crew. More than 100 of the victims were Iranian citizens.
The downing came five days after the US assassinated Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds Forces, and hours after Iran struck two Iraqi bases with missiles, injuring 50 US troops.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Tehran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard, amid Western suspicions the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile, probably by mistake.
The crash has heightened international pressure on Iran after months of friction with the United States and tit-for-tat military strikes. Washington killed an Iranian general last week in Iraq, prompting Tehran to fire at U.S. targets.
Iran, which denies the Boeing 737-800 BA.N was downed by a missile, showed the voice and flight data recorders on state TV on Friday but said it could take a month or two to extract data.