Canada’s eight-month forensic examination of the destruction of Flight PS752 shows that Canada does not have evidence of its own proving the catastrophe was “premeditated,” CBC News has learned.

CBC News has viewed a copy of a long-awaited unclassified report on the circumstances and causes of the aircraft’s destruction. The analysis is based on all evidence and intelligence available to the Government of Canada, according to the former CSIS director leading the probe.

“While the Forensic Team found no evidence that the downing of Flight PS752 was premeditated, this in no way absolves Iran of its responsibility for the death of 176 innocent people,” says