Ukraine International Airlines sues Iran over shot-down flight PS75

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) filed a lawsuit in the Ontario Supreme Court, in Canada, against the Islamic Republic of Iran overflight PS752, which was shot down in 2020.

The lawsuit, which was seen by Radio Farda on July 7, 2022, was filed by Ukraine’s largest airline in January 2022. The airline’s lawsuit is separate to the legal action taken by families of the survivors of the downed Ukrainian plane in Tehran.

The official complaint, submitted by the airline to the Ontario Supreme Court of Justice, lists two parties – the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) – as the two defendants of the case. With the move, Ukraine International Airlines demands compensation from Iran.

At the beginning of January 2022, the court awarded more than $107 million to the families of six victims who died in the accident, after it found the downing of the plane was an intentional terrorist act perpetrated by Iran and the IRGC.