Canada-led group seeks arbitrator over jet downing by Iran

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : The Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation has pointed in a report to the "alertness" of its troops on the ground, who shot the missiles amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States at the time.
38% : They said in a joint statement Wednesday that they "have requested that Iran submits to binding arbitration of the dispute related to the downing of Flight PS752," under a 1971 multilateral treaty on threats to civil aviation.
37% : "Iranian forces shot down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 shortly after its take-off from Tehran on January 8, 2020, killing all 176 people aboard -- including 85 Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
36% : The move is a first step in possibly bringing a case against Iran at the International Court of Justice, which victims' families have long demanded.
32% : Three days later, Iran admitted that its military had targeted the Kiev-bound Boeing 737-800 plane by mistake.
30% : "We have taken an important step to advance our pursuit of that justice at the international level this week and will continue to work together to hold Iran accountable for this tragedy.
28% : Women in Kyiv lay flowers to commemorate the crew and passengers of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, which was shot down by IranA group of countries led by Canada on Wednesday called for an arbitrator to settle claims against Iran over its shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January 2020.

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