Passengers on an Iranian plane “harassed” by a US fighter jet can sue the United States in Iran’s courts, the country’s judiciary has ruled.
Iranian state media said on Friday that several passengers on an Air Mahan flight from Tehran to Beirut were injured after the pilot was forced to quickly change altitude to avoid a collision with a US F-15 fighter jet. USA, Reuters reported. The United States Army has disputed this, saying the plane was flying a safe distance from the plane while conducting a routine flight inspection.
“All passengers on Mahan Air Flight 1152, Iranian and non-Iranian, can sue US military terrorists (commanders, perpetrators, supervisors, and deputies) in the Iranian courts for moral and physical harm,” Ali Bagheri-Kani, who directs human rights. state judiciary office, told state media.
The incident is the latest escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran, which has seen relations deteriorate markedly during the President Trump administration.
In January, the United States killed Iranian terrorist general and leader Qassem Soleimani in an air strike. In retaliation, Iran launched two air bases in Iraq that house US troops with more than a dozen ballistic missiles. The country also accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board.
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