UK and four other countries demand justice from Iran over downed plane

The video mapping is projected on Tehran’s Azadi (freedom) tower to commemorate 176 victims of the Ukrainian flight during a municipal memorial marking the first anniversary (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

The UK and four other countries whose citizens were killed when Iran accidentally shot down a Ukrainian jetliner said they want Tehran “to deliver justice and make sure Iran makes full reparations to the families of the victims and affected countries”.

In a joint statement marking the one-year anniversary of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crash, Ukraine, France, Canada, the UK and Sweden said they want Tehran “to provide a complete and thorough explanation of the events and decisions that led to this appalling plane crash”.