On Sunday, Londoners stood side by side along a busy intersection to honour victims who died on flight PS752, which was shot down by Iranian military in January 2020
On Jan. 8, 2020, four members of the Western community lost their lives on flight PS752, which was shot down by Iranian missiles. Two years later, the push to honour
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A Western University doctoral student who hails from Iran is the first recipient of the school’s Flight 752 memorial graduate scholarship.
The scholarship was set up to honour four Western graduate students who died when the Iranian military shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 just more than a year ago.
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The inaugural recipient, Payam Momeni, said in a statement Friday he thinks every day about how he is carrying the torch for the four students whose lives were cut short by surface-to-air missiles.
Iranian PhD student awarded first Flight 752 scholarship at Western Payam Momeni, a PhD in Western University s earth sciences program was awarded the first Flight 752 Memorial Graduate Scholarship. (Photo courtesy of Western University) By Ruby Sweeney January 30, 2021 7:15am Share via:
An Iranian PhD student at Western University is the first recipient of the Flight 752 Memorial Graduate Scholarship.
Payam Momeni says he feels he is “carrying the torch” for the four Western students who lost their lives aboard Flight PS752 one year ago.
“We only knew these students for a few months or a few years, but their main goal was to live in peace and serve this country as their new home â which provided them great opportunities to pursue their dreams â as well as their home country Iran. I think the best thing I can do will be to live that goal.” Momeni said in a statement.