Eight of the 176 people killed in the attack had close ties to the National Capital Region, i
Article content
The families of Canadians killed on board Flight PS752 want the country’s political leaders to commit to truth and justice for the passengers shot down over Tehran by Iran’s armed forces.
Advertisement
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Article content
Eight of the 176 people killed in the attack had close ties to the National Capital Region, including Ottawa’s Mansour Pourjam and Gatineau’s Roja Azadian.
“We are disappointed that PS752 has not been mentioned in the election at all,” said Hamed Esmaeilion, a spokesperson for the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims. Esmaeilion, a dentist from Richmond Hill, Ont., lost his wife and daughter on Flight PS752.
“I feel abandoned,” he said. “For the Iranian-Canadian community, this is very important: There are hundreds of family members still living in darkness.”
The victims group wants the RCMP to launch a domestic criminal investigation to identify the “true perpetrators” of the incident and to use the International Court of Justice and the International Civil Aviation Organization to demand Iran’s co-operation in the probe.
Advertisement
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Article content
They also…