LONDON, ONT Four Western students were among 176 people killed when a passenger jet was shot down by the Iranian military one year ago. Dozens of victims had ties to Canada including the four students from Western University. Ghazal Nourian was a PhD student the Nanophotonic Energy Materials group. Milad Nahavandi was a PhD student at the Industrial Bioproduct Laboratory. Hadis Hayatdavoudi was a PhD student at the Electrochemistry and Corrosion Science Centre. Sajedeh Saraeian was an incoming Masters of Science student in Chemical Engineering. In addition to the four Western University students, the University of Guelph and the University of Waterloo each lost two PhD students while the University of Windsor said five students/researchers were lost.