Iran Crash
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Relatives of Ethiopian, Iran air disaster victims temporarily offered residency pathFifty-five of those who perished in the Iran air disaster were Canadian citizens and more than 100 of the 176 passengers in total had ties to Canada.CanadaMay 13, 2021
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Iran plane crash: What has happened in the year since Flight PS752 was shot down?Of the 63 Canadians killed in a plane crash near Tehran, Iran in January 2020, 13 had connections to Edmonton.CanadaJan 8, 2021
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University of Alberta reeling and rebuilding one year after Iran plane crashIran’s ties to the U of A go back decades. The academic community is still trying to heal after losing so many of their best and brightest in a plane crash in Iran one year ago.CanadaJan 7, 2021
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Iran plane crash, one year later: 13 victims with ties to Edmonton remembered as brilliant, lovingStudents and professors — newlyweds, parents and sisters: the lives of 13 people with ties to Edmonton were cut short, their promise of a bright future extinguished.CanadaJan 6, 2021
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Iran plane crash black boxes will be downloaded by investigators in FranceThe Ukraine International Airlines flight was shot down on Jan. 8 by an Iranian ground-to-air missile, killing 176 people in what Tehran termed a "disastrous mistake" at a time of heightened tensions with the United States.CanadaJun 26, 2020
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Iran promises to hand over plane crash black boxes, start reparation talks: OttawaThe federal government says Iranian Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif made the promise during a conversation today with Canadian counterpart Francois-Philippe Champagne.CanadaJun 22, 2020
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Canada, Ukraine reject report Iran seeking legal immunity for fatal plane crashEarlier this week, a report from Radio Farda said Iran wants Ukraine to sign a memorandum of understanding in which the families of the crash victims would sign away their future rights for legal compensation.CanadaApr 16, 2020
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RCMP helping Ukraine investigation into Iran plane crash that killed 176Iran has arrested several people and promised to hold them to account, but Ukraine nonetheless launched its own criminal investigation.CanadaMar 6, 2020
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Concordia University creates scholarship fund in honour of Iran plane crash victimsMany passengers were students and academics returning to Canada, including two recent Concordia graduates, Siavash Ghafouri-Azar and Sara Mamani.EducationFeb 12, 2020
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Iran doesn’t have experts to analyze black boxes from plane crash, Champagne saysHe says it's been more than 30 days since the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 outside Tehran and it's time to end the standoff over who will process the recorders that are expected to reveal a lot about the crash.CanadaFeb 9, 2020
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