{"id":62667,"date":"2020-01-13T10:09:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T15:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=62667"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:32","slug":"carleton-university-to-hold-vigil-to-honour-victims-of-tehran-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2020\/carleton-university-to-hold-vigil-to-honour-victims-of-tehran-plane-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton University to Hold Vigil to Honour Victims of Tehran Plane Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton University to Hold Vigil to Honour Victims of Tehran Plane Crash\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University will hold a vigil to remember the lives of all of the victims of the Tehran plane crash \u2013 one week after the terrible tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fareed Arasteh, a PhD student in biology, and Mansour Pourjam, a biology alumnus, were aboard the Ukrainian airliner that crashed on Jan. 8, 2020 killing all 176 passengers and crew, including 63 Canadians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Wednesday, Jan.&nbsp;15, 2020, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.<br>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Tory Building foyer, Carleton University<br>\n<strong>Info<\/strong>: Condolence books will be available to sign. A campus map can be <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found online<\/a>.<strong><br>\n<\/strong><br>\n\u201cThe Carleton community is a caring one and we support each other in good times and in bad,\u201d said President Benoit-Antoine Bacon. \u201cUniversities across Canada have been devastated by the loss of students, faculty, staff and alumni; as we honour Fareed and Mansour, we will also pay homage to all of the victims of this terrible tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth Murphy<br>\nCommunications Co-ordinator<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8834<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Elizabeth.Murphy@carleton.ca\">Elizabeth.Murphy@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\nNeed an expert? Go to:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University will hold a vigil to remember the lives of all of the victims of the Tehran plane crash \u2013 one week after the terrible tragedy. 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