Canada accuses Iran of downing a plane in Tehran, killing 176

Editor’s note (January 11th 2020): After this article was published, on January 11th, Iran admitted that its armed forces had shot down Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752, blaming "human error". President Hassan Rouhani promised to prosecute those responsible.

“WE HAVE INTELLIGENCE from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence,” declared Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, speaking on January 9th of the loss of a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Tehran in the early hours of the previous day, killing 63 Canadians and 113 others. “The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile (SAM). This may well have been unintentional.” Mr Trudeau added that “the evidence and conclusions are strong enough for me to share them with Canadians”.