12 Facts About Hamed Esmaeilion

Hamed Esmaeilion is an Iranian-Canadian social activist and author.

Hamed Esmaeilion was the president and former spokesman of The Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims.

Hamed Esmaeilion resigned on 7 March 2023, after announcing he is planning to focus more on the Mahsa Amini protests.

Hamed Esmaeilion's parents were originally from Arak, Iran and moved to Kermanshah where Hamed was born and grew up.

Hamed Esmaeilion studied Dentistry at the University of Tabriz between 1995 and 2000.

Hamed Esmaeilion immigrated to Canada together with his family in 2010 and lived in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Hamed Esmaeilion published two novels, Dr Datis and Gamasiab Has No Fish, the former was awarded the Golshiri Award.

Parisa Eghbalian and Reera Hamed Esmaeilion, flew with Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 from Tehran to Kyiv on 8 January 2020.

Hamed Esmaeilion is one of the founders and was the president and spokesman of The Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims until March 2023, which he said were trying to "take legal action for this crime" and "commemorate the memory of the dead".

Hamed Esmaeilion was later featured in 752 Is Not a Number, a Canadian documentary film, directed by Babak Payami and released in 2022.

On October 1,2022, Hamed Esmaeilion organized a global demonstration against the Islamic Republic for Iranians living abroad, in the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini to support the Mahsa Amini protests.

Hamed Esmaeilion organized another demonstration in Berlin on October 22,2022 and invited Iranians in Europe to be the voice for protesters in Iran.