Five years after his ing, students gathered to honour the life of Amir Moradi one of the victims of Flight PS752.
The Iranian Association of Queen’s University (IAQU) gathered students and community on Jan. 8 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Moradi’s death. The gathering took place behind Douglas Library, where roses were distributed to be placed by a treethe University dedicated in his memory. Although there’s been a memorial for Moradi since 2020, the memorial has been held at “Amir’s Tree,” located behind the library, since 2023.
Moradi, a third-year Queen’s student at the time of his ing, was among the 175 people killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752) was mistakenly targeted and shot down in Iran on Jan. 8, 2020. At the time, Moradi was travelling back from visiting his family.
In an interview with The Journal, IAQU co-founders Niki Ehsan, ArtSci ’25, and Eileen Danaee, HealthSci ’26, discussed the significance of Flight PS752 to the Iranian community at Queen’s and globally, emphasizing that the tragedy could have affected any other student.
“Any of us could have been a student like Amir who was visiting their family in Iran for the holidays,” Ehsan said. “We want to see justice for the families of the victims of Flight PS752. We think Canada as a state could do a lot more to seek justice for the Canadians that were victim to this flight.”
Danaee stated the importance of creating spaces for Iranian students at Queen’s, amplifying and ing environments where Iranian Canadians and students in Kingston feel welcome, ed, and at home.
“By memorializing Amir Moradi, we hope to send a message that we do still , and we will not forget what the regime has done,” Danaee said.
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