On the anniversary of the MAU disaster, the Foreign Ministry states that Iran affirms its role as an aggressor by supporting Russia's actions.

On the fifth anniversary of the downing of flight PS752 of "Ukrainian International Airlines" by Iranian military forces, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reminded that Iran grossly violated a number of international law norms.

This was reported by RBK-Ukraine with a link to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

The ministry recalled that five years ago, Iran killed 176 people on board flight PS752 of "Ukrainian International Airlines" in Iranian airspace. Military personnel from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired two "surface-to-air" missiles at the civilian aircraft during its flight.

"Iran grossly violated a number of international law norms: it used weapons against a civilian aircraft in flight, failed to take all measures to prevent the downing, and did not ensure either a transparent and objective investigation into the circumstances of the disaster or proper judicial prosecution of the accused," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated.

The Ministry noted that it did not spare any effort to achieve justice and hold the guilty parties accountable. A year ago, an International Coordination Group for the assistance of the victims of flight PS752, consisting of Ukraine, Canada, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, initiated proceedings within the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) against Iran for its violations of the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention).

"Today, Iran continues to confirm its status as a murderer by providing military and political support to the Russian Federation in its armed aggression against Ukraine, and the deepening cooperation between the regimes in Moscow and Tehran poses a direct threat to Europe and the Middle East. Impunity for past crimes encourages Iran and Russia to commit new violations of international law," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated.

The Disaster of PS752 in Iran

On the morning of January 8, 2020, it became known that flight PS752 of the Ukrainian airline "MAU" was shot down in Iranian airspace during its departure from Tehran.

The aircraft was hit by two Iranian missiles. The disaster claimed the lives of 167 passengers and 9 crew members, including citizens of Ukraine.

For more details on the "deadlock" in the case of the MAU disaster and the attempts to punish Iran, read in the RBK-Ukraine article.