Jan. 8, 2021
UÄ¢¹½´«Ã½ mourns Iran plane crash victims killed one year ago
The University of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ campus flag was lowered today as Canada mourns the deaths one year ago of 176 victims, including 63 Canadians, who were passengers onboard a Boeing 737 that crashed Jan. 8, 2020 after takeoff from Tehran International Airport.
University of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ alumni Marzieh Foroutan, MSc’17, a student at the University of Waterloo, and Shadi Jamshidi, MEng’14, a technical sales representative from Mississauga, were among the victims.
The University of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ expresses its condolences to the families and friends of the two alumni, and to members of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½â€™s Iranian community, including the university’s Iranian students. The University of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ also expresses its support for members of the University of Alberta community who were killed in in the crash. An estimated 30 Edmontonians died, many who had ties with UAlberta.