2 years later: Winnipeg man remembers fiancee, victims killed on Iran flight PS752
Global News
Two years ago, 176 people lost their lives onboard flight PS752 including nine Winnipeggers when it was shot down by Iranian missiles.
Two years ago, 176 people lost their lives onboard flight PS752, including nine Winnipeggers, when it was shot down by Iranian missiles.
Kourosh Doustshenas lost his fiancée Dr. Forough Khadem, a former PhD student at the University of Manitoba who worked in the field of immunology and with CancerCare Manitoba.
“Forough was a wonderful person, a very accomplished scientist — she was always ready to help,” Doustshenas told Global News on Friday.
The other Winnipeggers that lost their lives on that flight were Mehdi Sadeghi, 43, Anisa Sadeghi, 10, and Bahareh Haj Esfandiari, 41, Farhad Niknam, 44, Amirhossien Ghasemi, 32, Amirhossien Ghorbani, 21, as well as Farzahen Naderi, 38, and her son Nozhan Sadr, 11.
Doustshenas said he and the other families of those lost are doing everything they can to keep the memory alive by having a virtual Zoom memorial to “show these people were really here and they were lovely people and they were completely innocent.”
Doustshenas has been very involved in advocating for justice for the victims and their families.
“It’s been a hard and painful time waiting for answers,” he said.
“Without us knowing the truth and seeing justice being done, there is no way for us to move forward.”