5 nations want Iran to deliver justice on downed plane

COPENHN, Denmark (AP) — countries whose citizens were killed when Iran accidentally shot down a Ukrainian jetliner said Friday y want Iran “to deliver justice and make sure Iran makes full reparations to families of victims and affected countries.”

In a joint statement marking one-year anniversary of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crash, Ukraine, France, Cana, Britain and Sweden said y want Tehran “to provide a complete and thorough explanation of events and decisions that led to this appalling plane crash.”

Sweden earlier h said that Iran h agreed to compensate families’ of foreign victims.

shootdown by Iranian Revolutionary Guard happened same night Iran launched a ballistic missile attack targeting U.S. soldiers in Iraq, its response to American drone strike that killed Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghd on Jan. 3.

plane was en route to Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. victims included 57 Canian citizens as well as 11 Ukrainians, 17 people from Sweden, four Afghans and four British citizens. Those from Sweden included both Swedish nationals and people with staying permits in Scandinavian country.

At first, Iran h denied its involvement in plane crash but n anunced that its military h mistakenly and unintentionally shot down Ukrainian jetliner.

statement was signed by ministers of Afghanistan, Cana, Sweden, Ukraine and United Kingdom.