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Canada and allies taking Iran to ICJ over downed PS752 flight

People hold placards with images of victims of the downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, which was shot down near Tehran in 2020 [File: Carlos Osorio/Reuters]

Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom have said they intend to refer Iran to the United Nations’s top court for the 2020 downing of a Ukrainian International Airlines flight over Tehran that killed all 176 people on board.

In a joint statement, the four countries said on Thursday that the decision to go to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) came after “no agreement on the organization of arbitration was reached” with Iran.

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