Editing Human shield (section)

===== Flight 752 =====
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[[File:UR-PSR (B738) at Ben Gurion Airport.jpg|thumb|right|UR-PSR, the [[Boeing 737 Next Generation#737-800|Boeing 737-800]] shot down by the IRGC while operating [[Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752]] on 8 January 2020. It has been speculated that Iran did not close its civil airspace following [[Operation Martyr Soleimani|its attack on U.S. forces]] and used civilian airliners - along with their passengers and crew - as human shields in an attempt to avoid retaliatory strikes.]]
In the aftermath of [[Iran]]'s shoot down of [[Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752]] in January 2020, [[Iran]] and the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] were accused of using civilian aircraft and their passengers and crew as human shields.<ref>[https://c-catcanada.org/a-legislative-proposal-to-deter-and-sanction-the-use-of-civilians-as-human-shields-under-canadian-law/a-legislative-proposal-to-deter-and-sanction-the-use-of-civilians-as-human-shields-under-canadian-law-2/ "Legislative Proposal to Dete and Sanction the Use of Civilians As Human Shields Under Canadian law. Related Concern: International Air Travel Over Conflict Zones."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815095804/https://c-catcanada.org/a-legislative-proposal-to-deter-and-sanction-the-use-of-civilians-as-human-shields-under-canadian-law/a-legislative-proposal-to-deter-and-sanction-the-use-of-civilians-as-human-shields-under-canadian-law-2/ |date=August 15, 2020 }} ''Canadian Coalition Against Terror''. March 2020. Legislation that spotlights and sanctions the use of human shields – also conceivably captures actors that have allowed for civilian international air travel over conflict zones. For example, Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have recently been accused of using civil air traffic over Iran as human shields after the recent downing of Ukrainian Air Flight 752 (PS752) by Iranian missiles. The New York Times reported in the aftermath of the crash, based on interviews with Guards and other officials, that 'Iranian officials feared that shutting down the airport would create mass panic ... [and] they also hoped that the presence of passenger jets could act as a deterrent against an American attack on the airport or the nearby military base, effectively turning planeloads of unsuspecting travelers into human shields" (emphasis added).</ref>

According to ''[[The New York Times]]'':<ref>Farnaz Fassihi. [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/world/middleeast/iran-plane-crash-coverup.html "Anatomy of a Lie: How Iran Covered Up the Downing of an Airliner"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. January 26, 2020.</ref> "They also hoped that the presence of passenger jets could act as a deterrent against an American attack on the airport or the nearby military base, effectively turning planeloads of unsuspecting travelers into human shields." [[Canada]]'s Minister of Transport [[Marc Garneau]] also questioned why Iran let civilian aircraft in its airspace, and suggested Iran intended to use the civilian aircraft as human shields.<ref>Ashley Burke, Peter Zimonjic. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-tributes-iran-human-shields-1.5442276 "Garneau calls on Iran to explain why it didn't ground aircraft following missile attack. New York Times report alleges Iran kept airspace open to discourage American counterattack"]. ''CBC News''. January 27, 2020.</ref>