Families Call on Ottawa to Pursue Accountability for Iran in Downed Plane

Families Call on Ottawa to Pursue Accountability for Iran in Downed Plane
Rescue workers search the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Jan. 8, 2020. AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi
The Canadian Press
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Canada must boost its efforts to hold Iran to account after the regime’s forces shot down a passenger jet two years ago, family members of the victims said Saturday.

At a memorial for those who died on board the Ukrainian International Airlines flight on Jan. 8, 2020, a group representing their loved ones expressed anger and exasperation at Iran’s intransigence and the “glacial” pace of accountability.