100 days have passed since the IRGC shot down a passenger plane; survivors protest the Islamic Republic's attempt to cover up

It has been 100 days since the Revolutionary Guards' missile attack on Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752, killing 176 people, and the Islamic Republic's authorities are still unwilling to answer to the families of the victims and the authorities of the countries following up on this tragedy.

Hamed Esmailiyon, a Canadian-based writer and dentist who lost his wife Parisa Eqbalian and his 9-year-old daughter Rayra in this tragedy, posted a text on his Twitter address to Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran: "Javad Zarif! I heard you are negotiating and paying the price in blood. I wanted to see how many children you counted. How many are my Rayra? How many are his eyes? How many are his smiles? Javad Zarif! What do you think of us? What should we do with you so that we don't become small, so that we don't become your size?"

Mr. Esmailiyon had previously announced the formation of the "Association of Families of Victims of Flight PS752" by publishing a video on social media. In that video, as the spokesperson for the association, he stated: "We hope to bring the perpetrators, commanders, cover-ups, and perpetrators of this crime to justice with a specific strategy and a written plan, and to see them one day before the law."

On Thursday, April 18, the 100th day since the downing of the Ukrainian plane by the Revolutionary Guard Corps, Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne issued a joint statement with the Minister of Transportation on his Twitter page, while expressing his condolences to the families of the victims and reminding them that the Canadian government is pursuing transparency, justice, accountability, and compensation for the families of the victims of this crime.

On the other hand, the US State Department's Persian Twitter account also published a text on the occasion of the 100th day since the deaths of 176 passengers on board Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, saying: "The regime has refused to hand over the black box and has not prepared any report accepting responsibility for its actions or preventing a recurrence of this incident."

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, which was en route from Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev with 176 passengers on board, crashed minutes after taking off due to a missile attack by the Revolutionary Guard near the new city of Parand, Tehran province, killing all of its passengers, who were mostly Iranians.

Source: Voice of America