The Iranian government says it will tap into its National Development Fund to pay compensation to the families of the victims of a downed Ukraine International Airlines flight. The jetliner crashed outside the capital, Tehran, in January. None of the 176 people on board survived the missiles fired by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The exact amount of the compensation for each individual has yet to be specified, an issue that remains a sticking point in negotiations between the Iranian side and Ukraine, the country that owned the aircraft. As the majority of the victims were Iranian Canadians, Ottawa has also been involved in the settlement talks.