Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Friday that the Canadian court does not have jurisdiction over a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran in January 2020.
“The Canadian court is basically unqualified to address the Ukrainian plane incident or the possible failure that has happened outside the Canadian territory,” Khatibzadeh said, dismissing the Canadian court ruling as biased, politically motivated and lacking concrete evidence.
He made the remarks one day after a court in the Canadian province of Ontario held Iran “responsible” for the unintentional shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane.
The spokesman described the ruling a disgrace for Canada's judicial system, stressing that the Canadian court has followed in the footsteps of the US courts in their rulings.
In relevant remarks in December 2020, Khatibzadeh criticized Ottawa’s interference in the issue of the Ukrainian crashed plane, saying that the technical report on a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot by mistake on January 8 near Tehran will be published soon.
Khatibzadeh lashed out at the Canadian government’s meddlesome remarks about the Ukrainian passenger plane incident, adding, “We did our best in accordance with international laws and treaties and the report will be published and delivered to the Ukrainian side later today or by tomorrow.”
“We will make every effort to act with transparency,” he stressed.
The spokesman blasted Canada’s allegations and intrusive stance on the issue, saying, “It is not a simple issue. The Canadian officials’ remarks have been interventionist and unacceptable since the first day after the incident.”
He warned the Canadian government and foreign minister to be accountable for their comments and moves.
Referring to Canada’s complicity with the US to block medicine imports to Iran, Khatibzadeh said, “The government that has made every effort to prevent the delivery of medicine to Iran has no place to talk about human rights.”
"I invite the Canadian Foreign Minister to diplomatic etiquette,” the spokesman stressed.
A Ukrainian Boeing 737 passenger plane was accidentally shot down by an Iranian rocket near Tehran on January 8, 2020.
It happened after the US terrorist attack against motorcade of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, late anti-terror Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force and his companions near Baghdad airport on January 3, 2020.
Iran reciprocated the US terrorist operation by hitting the US Ain al-Assad airbase in Iraq.
Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh admitted that human error the incident.
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