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Iran challenges four countries in UN court over jet it downed in 2020

2025.04.18, 15:19
Iran challenges four countries in UN court over jet it downed in 2020

Iran on Thursday filed a challenge at the International Court of Justice against Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and Britain over a UN aviation body's ruling against it related to the shooting down of a passenger plane in 2020, “France 24” reports.

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The four countries had citizens on a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 that was downed shortly after takeoff from Tehran on January 8, 2020. All 176 people on board were killed.

Three days later, Iran admitted that its military fired two surface-to-air missiles at the Kyiv-bound plane but said it was by mistake.

Iran is appealing a March decision of the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) over the jet's downing.

The Montreal-based ICAO decided it had jurisdiction to rule on a case brought by the four countries against Iran, that accuses Tehran of "using weapons against a civil aircraft in flight".

Iran called on the ICJ to rule that ICAO did not have jurisdiction and to quash its decision.

 

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Tehran said in its application to the ICJ that its military had downed flight PS752 "unintentionally and due to human error".

"The Iranian military had misidentified and targeted the flight by two missiles without obtaining authorisation, contrary to mandatory military regulations," Iran told the court.

Tehran added that its military had been in "a period of heightened military alert... in anticipation of a possible attack by US military forces".

Tensions between Iran and the United States had been soaring at the time the airliner was shot down.

Iranian air defences were on high alert for a US counterattack after Tehran fired missiles at a military base in Iraq used by American forces.

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