Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau said on Monday that the victims of the Ukrainian airliner shot down in
Iran would still be alive if the recent escalation of tensions in the region had not happened, according to a transcript of an interview with Global News TV. The U.S. killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad in a Jan. 3 drone strike prompted Iran to launch a
missile attack on Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops on Jan. 8, hours before the passenger jet was shot down. "I think if there were no tensions, if there was no escalation recently in the region, those Canadians would be right now home with their families," Trudeau said in the interview.