Human Rights Watch Says Families of Flight 752 Victims Harassed, Intimidated by Iran

Bodies of the victims of a Ukrainian plane crash are collected by rescue team at the scene of the crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2020. AP, Ebrahim Noroozi/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—A human rights group says in a new report that Iran has harassed families of passengers killed aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752.

Human Rights Watch says from last fall until January it spoke with 31 family members of victims and “people with direct knowledge” of how Iranian authorities treated relatives.