The Iranian government has decided to pay compensation in the amount of 150 thousand dollars to the families of those killed in the crash of the Ukrainian Boeing a >, shot down in January 2020 near Tehran. The corresponding decision was made at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday, December 30, reports IRNA news agency a>.
The funds will be paid to the relatives of the victims, regardless of race and nationality. The country’s vice president for legal affairs, Laya Jonesy, said that money will not ease the pain of families who have lost their loved ones in the disaster, but is a tribute to human rights.
Earlier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba declared about Kiev’s readiness to sue Iran because of the downed liner. According to Kuleba, Tehran did not fulfill these promises, in particular, did not provide a technical report on the disaster. He added that any patience has a limit, so Kiev can move to the trial phase if it realizes that all possibilities to resolve this issue have been exhausted.
Ukraine International Airlines’ Boeing 737 took off from Tehran to Kiev on January 8 and was shot down immediately after takeoff. All 167 passengers and nine crew members were killed: citizens of Ukraine, Iran, Canada and other countries. Iran admitted that the plane was shot down by the military.