Iran rejects Canadian court's decision on responsibility for downed passenger plane

A court in Ontario, Canada, ruled that Iran's 2020 shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, which killed 55 Canadians, was a terrorist act.
Canada protest
People hold signs with images of the victims of the downed Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, which was shot down near Tehran by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, as family and friends gather to take part in a march to mark the first anniversary, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Jan. 8, 2021. Canada and other nations whose citizens died in Iran's downing of a Ukranian jetliner on Jan. 8, 2020, called on Tehran to come clean about the tragedy and "deliver justice" for the victims' families. - COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images
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Iran has rejected a Canadian court’s decision that it is liable for the shooting down of a passenger plane carrying Canadian citizens last year. 

The top court in the Canadian province of Ontario ruled Thursday that the shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was an act of terrorism by the Iranian state. The ruling allows families of the victims to seek damages from the Islamic Republic, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported. 

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