OS conversations: Ukraine Iran plane crash

We play the final part in our series of conversations with Iranians ahead of tomorrow’s presidential elections. Rana Rahimpour from BBC Persian Service speaks to three people who all lost family members in the Ukrainian plane crash in January 2020. Iran said it unintentionally shot down the passenger jet but the relatives are calling for explanation on the government’s handling of the crash.

The former President of Ivory coast – who was charged and later acquitted of crimes against humanity over election violence - returns to the country today. Laurent Gbabgo still has an immense support in the country and we hear what kind of welcome awaits for him.

We’ll discuss mandatory vaccinations and hear from a nurse in the US who has been suspended by her employer over her refusal to have Covid vaccine.

Our regular medical expert Dr Helena Wimalarathna joins us to look at today’s other coronavirus stories.

(Photo: Members of the International Red Crescent collect bodies of victims around the wreckage (debris) after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran early in the morning on January 8, 2020, killing everyone on board. Credit: ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH/EPA)