'I can't imagine the sadness their families have to face,' a fellow student at the University of Alberta said.
A number of university students studying in Canada have been named among the dozens of people killed in the tragic plane crash of a Ukrainian Boeing-737 in Iran, including a student couple married for less than a week.that Arash Pourzarabi and Pouneh Gorji, who attended the same university, had"just got married in Iran a few days ago."to local media reports,
"Our thoughts are with their family, friends and all those lost in this incident," the university said., Leili Khaleghi, the Director General of International Protocol and Communications for the Iranian Red Crescent, said she could confirm"with regret" that the students were listed as being on board the flight."We express our condolences and sympathy with their families and friends," Khaleghi said, adding:"Peace upon them.
The flight also included 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three people from Britain, according to a Twitter post by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko. According to her University of Waterloo profile page, Foroutan would have also attended the University of Calgary, where she appeared to have studied geography, in addition to attending the Shiraz University in Iran, where she appeared to have studied natural resources engineering and soil science engineering.
The student said it pained her to think that it could have been her and her own husband on that flight.
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