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    Iran creates compensation fund for victims of downed plane

    Iran’s cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran last January, the president announced Wednesday, according to The Associated Press.

    Iran will pay $150,000 for each victim, state TV reported, without specifying a timeline for the awards.

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