Iran plane crash victims’ press conference disrupted by vulgar video
Global News
Eighty-five Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents died in the tragedy after Iran fired on Flight 752 moments after it took off from the Tehran airport.
An unknown individual appears to have disrupted a virtual press conference with some of the families of victims of the 2020 Iran plane crash.
The six families and their lawyers had been discussing a $107-million Ontario court settlement granted on Monday for their sufferings. It followed a ruling last spring that Iran’s missile strike against the civilian aircraft was an intentional act of terrorism.
Families of the victims had been set to speak about their reactions to the settlement on Tuesday at a Zoom press conference before the video feed appeared to be hijacked by an unknown person.
The video feed abruptly switched to a profanity-laced rap video.
An unknown man then appeared on the screen.
It is not clear at this time who the individual is, whether they are responsible for the disruption, or why the press conference appeared to have been hijacked.
Lawyers and the families had to stop and restart the press conference as a result of the disruption.
Global News has reached out to the two lawyers involved in the settlement, who were a part of the press conference when it was disrupted, for more clarity on what happened.
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