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Iran Challenges Four Countries In UN Court Over Jet It Downed In 2020

All 176 people on the Ukrainian International Airlines plane were killed, with a memorial set up at the time at the Kyiv airport. Tehran said its shooting down of the aircraft was 'unintentional' (Credit: AFP)

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.

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.

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