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THE LIVING RECORD

Statements, legal dispatches, and news from the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims.

StatementApr 25, 2024

The Statement of the Association condemning the Islamic Regime’s barbaric execution sentence against Toomaj Salehi, and the escalation of brutal repression against Iranian women

Over the past several weeks, the Islamic Republic Regime has escalated a violent rampage against the women of Iran. The IRGC, which is the regime’s principal apparatus against Iran’s civil society, has been unleashed with increasing ferocity upon the brave Iranian women on the streets. For nearly forty-five years, and especially since the Woman, Life, ...

StatementApr 16, 2024

The Statement of the Association on the Islamic Regime’s warmongering

The war mongers of the Islamic regime and the IRGC think only of their own survival and continuation of their reign of power. Their recent military adventurism by unleashing hundreds of drones and missiles demonstrates their blatant disregard for innocent civilian lives. Flight PS752 with 177 innocent civilian passengers, countless youth who were murdered, maimed, ...

StatementFeb 8, 2024

Canada’s public inquiry into foreign interference needs to examine the Islamic Republic of Iran

The Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims supports Canada’s Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, which began in late January 2024 and is being led by Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue. The Association has concerns, however, regarding the public commentary that has arisen with respect to the precise contours and ...

StatementJan 20, 2024

The Association’s Statement to Condemn the Execution Sentences

Many young Iranians are in danger of being executed. The Islamic regime conducts sham trials with fabricated charges and unilaterally issues death sentences without the presence of independent defence lawyers. Vafa Azarbar, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad (Hajhir) Faramarzi, Pejman Fatehi, Reza Resaei, Mojahed Koorkoor, Kamran Schikte, Anvar Khazari, Khosro Besharat and Farhad Salimi are ten young ...

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StatementJan 9, 2024

The Association’s statement on the referral of the PS752 case to the International Civil Aviation Organization by four affected countries

Yesterday, the third legal action against the Islamic Republic of Iran has been initiated for its criminal actions of shooting down Ukrainian Flight PS752 and the willful murder of its innocent civilian passengers and crew. Previously, the Association had unilaterlly filed a legal case before the International Criminal Courts. Last July, the four affected countries’ ...

StatementAug 25, 2023

The Association’s Statement on the Occasion of the Widespread Persecution and Arrest of Victims’ Families in Iran

On the Anniversary of Mahsa (Jina) Amini’s murder that sparked the Woman, Life, Freedom, Revolution in Iran, the Islamic regime has escalated its persecution and arrest of families who have lost their loved ones over the past year. The regime has made extensive efforts to suppress any form of protest with house arrests, banning access ...

StatementJul 5, 2023

The Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims’ Statement on the Referral of the Case to the International Court of Justice

July 5, 2023 _ Forty-two months have passed since Ukrainian flight PS752 was shot down over the skies of Tehran by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran. They murdered 177 innocent civilians, blatantly disrespected their remains, looted and robbed their belongings, lied for three days until they were exposed and continued to subvert justice. ...

StatementMay 19, 2023

The Association’s Statement in Support of the Demonstrations on May 20: United Against Executions in Iran

Yesterday, three innocent young Iranians were executed in Isfahan. The tragic state murder of Majid, Saleh, and Saeed’s only intensified our anger towards the Islamic Republic regime and strengthens our resolve to fight for our country. Many more Iranian citizens have been executed around the country over the past months. Many others in Isfahan, Hormozgan, ...

StatementApr 28, 2023

The Association’s Statement in Support of the London Rally and Designating IRGC as a Terrorist Entity in the UK

We stand in solidarity with the victims of the IRGC’s heinous actions. We fully support the designation of the IRGC as a terrorist entity in the United Kingdom, and we urge other nations to follow suit. We call on the international community to hold the IRGC accountable for their crimes and to stand with us ...

StatementMar 7, 2023

The Association announces resignation of Dr. Hamed Esmaeilion from role of President and Spokesperson

Resignation will allow Esmaeilion to pursue formal role in Iran’s revolution TORONTO, ONTARIO (March 7, 2023) – It is with both sadness and understanding that the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims (the Association) announces the resignation of Dr. Hamed Esmaeilion from his role as President and Spokesperson effective immediately. Hamed’s resignation follows his ...

StatementJan 15, 2023

The Association’s Statement in Support of the Strasbourg Demonstrations

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a terrorist organization and must be recognized as such by the international community. For the past three years, the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims has routinely demanded listing the IRGC in its entirety as a terrorist entity. Today, with the people of Iran making their voices ...

StatementDec 14, 2022

Association Statement on Flight PS752’s Show Trials in Iran

Amidst the ongoing revolution in Iran, and in the days when the murderous regime of the Islamic Republic slays the youth of the country on the streets or sends them to the gallows where the real murderers smirk at the mourning people of Iran, the Military Court is planning yet another mockery of justice. On ...