Could 21 (Reuters) – Iran stated on Friday a provincial Canadian courtroom has no jurisdiction to rule on a declare for damages over the crash of a Ukrainian passenger aircraft downed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards final 12 months.
The Superior Courtroom of Justice of the Canadian province of Ontario dominated on Thursday that Iran owes damages to households who sued over the crash, which killed 176 individuals, 138 of them with ties to Canada.
“Everybody is aware of that the Canadian courtroom has no jurisdiction over this air crash” because it occurred outdoors Canada, Iran’s Overseas Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh informed reporters. His feedback had been carried by the ministry’s Telegram channel.
Additionally, he stated, the ruling “isn’t primarily based on eyewitness proof.”
The Iranian authorities has stated the jet’s downing in January 2020, quickly after it took off from Tehran, was a “disastrous mistake” by forces who had been on excessive alert throughout a confrontation with america.
Overseas states aren’t usually inside the jurisdiction of Canadian courts, however a 2012 Canadian legislation restricted that immunity for nations listed as “international state supporters of terrorism,” together with Iran.
The choose didn’t rule on damages, which will probably be handled at a future listening to. When it was first filed, the lawsuit sought no less than $1.2 billion in compensation.
The lawsuit names Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, high commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and others.
Canada doesn’t have formal diplomatic relations with Iran, and claiming damages will possible be prolonged and complicated, but it surely has been completed earlier than.
(dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com, Modifying by William Maclean)
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