Canada has limited options to pressure Iran to be transparent over downing of PS752, says last diplomat in Tehran

The Canadian government has criticized Iran for not providing transparency over what led to the shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 on Jan. 8, 2020.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at the National Press Theatre on Jan. 11, 2020, alongside Foreign Affairs deputy minister Marta Morgan, then-foreign affairs minister François-Philippe Champagne, and National Defence deputy minister Jody Thomas, giving an update on Canada's response to Iran's downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

May 5, 2021

Sixteen months after Iran shot down a commercial airliner with more than 80 Canadian citizens and permanent residents aboard, there is little more that the government can do to force Iran to provide more transparency and accountability for firing two missiles, says Canada's last envoy in Tehran. Ir...

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