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   Iran has sentenced ten members of its armed forces to prison for their   
   involvement in the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing in 2020,   
   Iran's judiciary has reported. One commander was sentenced to ten years in   
   prison and nine others were sentenced to one to three years.   
       
   The 2020 crash killed all 176 people on board after Revolutionary Guards air   
   defenses mistakenly shot down the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing   
   shortly after departing Tehran. The Iranian government later said it was a   
   "disastrous mistake".   
       
   The incident came at a time when tensions between Iran and the United States   
   were running high. There would have been something wrong with the radar   
   systems and someone working in the air defense would have made a mistake,   
   according to a recent report by the Iranian aviation authorities.   
       
   Many Iranians and Canadians were on the plane. Thirteen victims came from the   
   European Union, mainly Sweden.   
      
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