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Iran will compensate the families of the victims of the Ukrainian plane with $ 150,000
The government has approved compensation for the families of the 176 passengers and crew, many of them Canadian citizens and residents, who were killed when the plane crashed about a year ago.
The Revolutionary Guards believed that this was an American attack, and launched two missiles at it.
Families object: "Murderers can not play the role of mourners"
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Wednesday, 30 December 2020, 14:04
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Edited by Amit Simcha
The Iranian government today (Wednesday) approved $ 150,000 in compensation for the families of the 176 victims of the Ukrainian plane that was shot down in the country's skies earlier this year.
According to the government, read out by the ISNA news agency, 150 thousand dollars, or amount Vera value in euros, will be transferred as soon as possible.
The Revolutionary Guards admitted that they mistakenly shot down the aircraft of the national airline of Ukraine shortly after takeoff and fired two missiles at him . they mistook him cast a high tension with the United States. hours earlier launched Iranian rockets at US forces in Iraq, response to the assassination of the commander of the Quds force Qasem Soleimani days earlier.
Minister for roads and city, Mohammad Islami, told official television that the final report Many of the victims were Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
Towards the anniversary of the downing, on January 8, diplomats from countries that lost their citizens in the disaster called on Tehran to step up cooperation in the investigation and compensation. The compensation has not yet responded to the announcement.
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Mistakenly identified as a missile.
The site of the Iranian plane crash near Tehran.
January (Photo: AP)
Iran has denied for days that the military is responsible for the downing of the plane, but it was forced to admit it following evidence accumulating from Western intelligence reports that led to pressure on it.
Western intelligence sources and experts estimate that Iran shot down the plane with the Russian air defense system "Tor", which is recognized by NATO as SA-15.
Tehran said those who launched the missiles had not received approval from senior officials.
Canada said Iran had not disclosed all the information and answers regarding some important questions, including the identities of those who shot down the Boeing 737 and why it left its airspace open to civilian flights during the attack on Iraq.
On the plane, which was on its way to Kiev, were 82 Iranian citizens, 57 Canadians, 17 Swedes, 11 Ukrainians, four Afghans and four Britons.
The line was popular among those who came from Canada to Iran and from there.
The families of the victims are opposed to compensation.
Mourning in Kiev after disaster (Photo: Reuters)
The governments of the five countries have been demanding for months that Iran take full responsibility for the accident and pay compensation in accordance with international agreements. Iran has received mixed reactions to the compensation. Killed in the air disaster. The
organization representing the families of the victims issued a statement last week attacking Iran's compensation offer and demanding an independent and transparent investigation. "The families are determined and will not sign any agreement," it said.
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