Iran says it ‘unintentionally’ shot down Ukrainian jetliner
Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne on Friday night said the number of Canadians killed was lowered to 57 from 63, citing updated information.Iran’s about-face on the crash comes only one day after the head of the Iranian team investigating the disaster said publicly a missile was not to blame. Ali Abedzadeh, the head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, had then challenged Western governments to make their evidence public.
The Foreign Affairs Minister said the government is setting up an emergency task force to “ensure that the families and loved ones of the victims have the support they need.”Photographs of the victims of the Ukraine International Airline crash are placed by a makeshift memorial at Mel Lastman Square in Toronto on Jan. 9, 2020.Ottawa is also establishing a dedicated program to help expedite visas for families of victims.
On Friday morning, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed that the United States believes Iran shot down the Ukrainian airliner. He added that Canada is working to send its investigators to Iran.“We do believe that it’s likely that that plane was shot down by an Iranian missile,” he said at the White House. “I was on the phone with my Canadian counterpart; they’re working to get their resources on the ground to conduct that thorough investigation.”Earlier Friday, Mr.
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