Mojgan Daneshmand

مژگان دانشمند

Nationality : Iranian
Age: 44 (1976)
Status: Murdered
Health: Deceased
2020-01-08
UUID: 08972e87-3c07-11f1-8dee-560003f1f421 Short link: https://sml.yt/c632m
Date: 2026-04-19
City: Tehran
Province: Tehran
Country: Iran
Health Status: Deceased
2020-01-08
Status: Murdered
She was a passenger on Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. On 8 January 2020, the aircraft, operating a scheduled passenger service from Tehran to Kyiv, was shot down shortly after takeoff by air defence missiles fired by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, killing all 176 people on board.

Mojgan Daneshmand (1976–2020) was an accomplished scientist, a full professor of Electrical Engineering, and a recipient of prestigious international awards, including an IEEE award. After graduating from Iran University of Science and Technology, she moved to Canada with her husband, Pedram Mousavi Befrouei (a Mechanical Engineering professor).

As a faculty member at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, she became a full professor and was internationally recognized for her research in the field of microwaves. In January 2020, she traveled to Iran with her husband and two daughters to visit family.

On her way back to Canada, in the early hours of 8 January 2020, Mojgan Daneshmand and her family were passengers aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. She was killed when the aircraft was shot down over Tehran by missiles fired by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

مژگان دانشمند (۱۳۵۵-۱۳۹۸)، دانشمند برجسته، استاد تمام مهندسی برق و برنده ی جوایز معتبر بین المللی از جمله جایزه ی IEEE. او پس از فارغ التحصیلی از دانشگاه علم و صنعت، به همراه همسرش پدرام موسوی بفروئی (استاد مهندسی مکانیک) راهی کانادا شد.
او به عنوان عضو هیئت علمی دانشگاه آلبرتا در ادمونتون، به مرتبه ی پروفسور تمام رسید و به دلیل تحقیقاتش در حوزه ی مایکروویو، در سطح جهانی شناخته می شد. او در دی ماه ۱۳۹۸، به همراه همسر و دو دخترش برای دیدار خانواده به ایران آمد.

در راه برگشت به کانادا در سحرگاه ۱۸ دی ۱۳۹۸، مژگان دانشمند به همراه خانواده اش مسافر پرواز PS752 بود. او در فاجعه ی شلیک موشک های سپاه پاسداران جان باخت.

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