'World is watching': Countries mourning crash victims warn Iran
2020-01-17 09:19:12 source：The Aljazeera
January 17, 2020
Five countries whose citizens died when Iran shot down an airliner in error last week said Tehran should pay compensation to families of the victims, and warned that the world is watching for its response.
Canada, Ukraine, Sweden, Afghanistan and the United Kingdom said on Thursday that Iran should hold a "thorough, independent and transparent international investigation open to grieving nations" in a statement issued after a meeting of officials in London.
The airliner was struck by a missile on January 8 shortly after it left Tehran en route to Kyiv.
Iran admitted on Saturday that it had shot down a Ukraine International Airlines plane mistakenly, after initially denying it had a role in the incident.
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