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Iran has sentenced 10 members of the armed forces to prison after finding them guilty of involvement in the 2020 downing of a Ukrainian airliner.
Iranian forces shot down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 shortly after its takeoff from Tehran on January 8, 2020, killing all 176 people on board. Most were Iranians and Canadians, including many dual nationals.
According to the judiciary’s Mizan Online website, a commander received the heaviest penalty of 10 years in prison for having defied orders in shooting down the plane.
Nine other personnel were sentenced to between one and three years, Mizan reported.
Continue reading…Vladimir Kara-Murza faces up to 25 years in prison for criticising the war in Ukraine; China’s defence minister Li Shangfu tells Russian president Vladimir Putin their countries have ‘already entered a new era’Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 418 of the invasionIran has sentenced 10 members of the armed forces to prison after finding them guilty of involvement in the 2020 downing of a Ukrainian airliner.Iranian forces shot down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 shortly after its takeoff from Tehran on January 8, 2020, killing all 176 people on board. Most were Iranians and Canadians, including many dual nationals.According to the judiciary’s Mizan Online website, a commander received the heaviest penalty of 10 years in prison for having defied orders in shooting down the plane.Nine other personnel were sentenced to between one and three years, Mizan reported. Continue reading…