Iran Prosecutor Says 10 Indicted for Ukraine Plane Shootdown

Iran Prosecutor Says 10 Indicted for Ukraine Plane Shootdown
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, debris at the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. Iranian media are quoting the outgoing military prosecutor of Tehran as saying that 10 officials have been indicted for the 2020 shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane. AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File
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Ten officials have been indicted in Iran over the 2020 military shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, a prosecutor said Tuesday, an announcement coming just as Tehran begins indirect negotiations with the West over its collapsed nuclear deal with world powers.

More than 100 of the 176 victims—at least one of whom was pregnant—had ties to Canada, and 55 were Canadian citizens.