Getting compensation for Flight PS752 victims will be difficult, lawyer says

While an Ontario court recently awarded $107 million to the families of the victims of Flight PS752 — shot down by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard two years ago — both the lawyer representing the families and an expert on international law say getting the money out of Iran will be very difficult.

Mark Arnold, the lawyer representing six plaintiffs from five families, told a news conference today that he plans to go after Iranian assets domestically and abroad.

But while it’s possible to seize Iran’s assets in Canada through the courts, the same rules don’t apply internationally.

“We know where they are in Canada and we know where they