IRAN deliberately shot down Flight 752, killing all 176 passengers and crew, a Canadian court ruled Thursday.
Ontario Superior Court of Justice Edward Belobaba also ruled the case an act of terrorism.
“I find on a balance of probabilities that the missile attacks on Flight 752 were intentional and directly caused the deaths of all onboard,” the judge wrote in his decision.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards shot down the airliner on Jan. 8, 2020, an act the Iranian government said was done by error, the plane being mistaken by a hostile missile.
But the judge dismissed that, saying there was “no armed conflict in the region” at the time.
The lawsuit was brought by four families of victims of the air disaster. Included in the 176 aboard the plane were 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents of Canada.
Belobaba ruled that the Canadian families successfully presented the case that the
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