Ukrainians call for Iran to take responsibility for downed plane

Relatives and colleagues of those killed when a Ukrainian plane was downed by Iran almost a year ago gared on Tuesday to watch an investigation film into incident.

Ukraine International Airlines UIA Flight 752 was shot down on 8 January 2020 near Iranian capital of Tehran killing 176 people.

Iran initially denied downing aircraft but changed course days later, after Western nations presented extensive evidence that it h shot down plane.

Iran's initial claims that engine failure brought down plane angered Ukrainians, who also say Iran should pay compensation and should be more forthcoming about circumstances.

Director Leonid Kanfer held a private screening of film, titled Romeo's Fatality Mystery, for families and colleagues of victims.

He said it aimed to answer questions of trdy.

Following screening he of UIA tre union Oleksandr Polianskiy, who also trained pilots who died onboard aircraft, called on Iran to take full responsibility for incident and mit why y targeted plane.

crash occurred just hours after Iran fired missiles at a base in Iraq where US troops are stationed, in retaliation for US drones killing Iran's most powerful general.