Ukrainian plane's curse keeps haunting Iran's mullahs
The repercussions of the downing of a Ukrainian civilian plane over Iran continue to haunt the Iranian regime.
The families of the plane downing victims
keep demanding the rights of their 'betrayed' relatives.
Nonetheless, Iran's ruling mullahs
are reluctant to offer any concessions, causing litigation in the case to keep
dragging on endlessly.
A Ukrainian airliner was shot down
by Iranian Revolutionary Guards missiles on January 8, 2020, minutes after it
took off from Khomeini Airport in Iranian capital Tehran.
The plane downing left all 176 passengers
and crew members on board dead.
Most of those who were killed were
Iranian nationals.
On November 21, 2021, those
responsible for the shooting down of the plane were brought to court. The
families of the victims were also present along with the lawyers of these
families.
Ten officers of different ranks appeared
in court. The Public Prosecution presented proof of indictment and read out the
names of the accused.
Around 103 of the victims’ families
or their lawyers had filed a lawsuit at local courts, according to the
prosecution.
Nevertheless, the trial was
adjourned.
Some of the families of the victims
are not contented with the trial, calling rather for bringing Iranian Supreme
Leader Ali Khamenei to court.
These families accuse Khamenei of
being responsible for the killing of their relatives and the downing of the
plane.
A spokesman for the families of the
victims described the trial as a 'show of shame'.
He called for trying the Iranian
supreme guide and the commanders of the Revolutionary Guard Corpse.
"The families of the plane
downing victims call for trying the commander of the Iranian air force,"
the spokesman wrote on Twitter.
He added that the same families also
call for trying former Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.
The largest number of foreign
nationals among the victims of the plane came from Canada.
This is why Canada leads other
countries of the victims in demanding fair compensation for them.
