We all share this grief
Our editorial: On our cover this month, we offer a Farsi expression of condolence to illustrate a collective spirit of national devastation after the downing of Flight 752 in Tehran
Iran plane crash
Flight 752: A family torn apart
Abbas Saadat said goodbye to his family as they headed home to their lives in Edmonton. Don’t worry, they told each other. Life was good.
A nation’s loss: Victims of Flight 752
Fifty-seven Canadians were killed when their plane was shot down in Iran. They included scientists, students, newlyweds and children from across the country.
‘They were both go-getters’
Armin Morattab, 36, remembers his twin, Arvin Morattab, 1984-2020, and his sister-in-law, Aida Farzaneh, 1986-2020
‘Her heart was like the ocean’
Sisters Asieh Banisadr, 40, and Salmeh Banisadr, 40, remember their mother, Niloufar Sadr, 1958-2020
Walking in the footsteps of the victims of Flight 752
The Tehran air crash victims followed a path of hope to Canada. We learn much by walking in their footsteps.
‘They wanted a simple life’
Babak Ahmadi, 38, remembers his friends Razgar Rahimi, 1981-2020, and Farideh Gholami, 1981-2020, and his godson Jiwan Rahimi, 2016-2020
Arrests will only thwart investigation of flight PS752
Christine Negroni: Crash detectives rely heavily on people—operational staff, air traffic controllers, airline schedulers. People are the greatest resource.
How Iran could have shot down a passenger jet
Safeguards should have stopped the targeting of an airliner. Tensions, egos and loosened rules could have got in the way.
Donald Trump gets impeached—57 Canadians die
Scott Gilmore: There are effects of the Trump presidency. Some will be felt in the decades to come, others are immediate and tragic.