Of the 63 Canadians killed in a plane crash near Tehran, Iran in January 2020, 13 had connections to Edmonton.

Iran’s ties to the U of A go back decades. The academic community is still trying to heal after losing so many of their best and brightest in a plane crash in Iran one year ago.

Students and professors — newlyweds, parents and sisters: the lives of 13 people with ties to Edmonton were cut short, their promise of a bright future extinguished.

The husband of one of the Edmonton victims in an airplane that was shot down in Iran in early 2020 has produced a documentary about what the families have gone through following the tragedy.

With photos of the victims posted on cubicle walls throughout the Engineering Faculty, there is a clear desire to make sure their work is completed.