Ottawa has failed for months to serve plane crash lawsuit on Iran, as legally required, lawyer says

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Ottawa has failed for months to serve plane crash lawsuit on Iran, as legally required, lawyer says
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An Iranian\u002DCanadian activist says unconfirmed reports of secret talks on diplomatic relations may explain Ottawa\u0027s foot\u002Ddragging

Filed in the name of the 176 victims of January’s Ukraine International Airlines crash near Tehran, the class-action lawsuit alleges that Iran fired missiles at flight PS752 as an act of terrorism.

Federal law obliges the government to serve papers launching a lawsuit on a foreign state if requested by the litigant. But Global Affairs Canada has failed to do so, or explained why it hasn’t, says lawyer Mark Arnold.Article content continued “We’ve asked at least half a dozen times in official emails to their legal counsel,” Arnold said. “And we have no idea why we have not received the certificate.”

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