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Here’s what we know so far about the Canadian victims:

MOUSAVI FAMILY

Four members of the Mousavi family from Edmonton were on the flight. They were: Pedram Mousavi (father), Mojgan Daneshmand (mother), Darya Mousavi (daughter) and Darina Mousavi (daughter).

Pedram Mousavi and Mojgan Daneshmand were engineering professors at the University of Alberta. The flight’s manifest lists the daughters’ birth years as 2010 for Darina and 2005 for Darina.

Payman Parseyan, a member of Edmonton’s Iranian community, says many Iranians fly back to the country over the holidays to visit family. “As soon as we heard about the plane going down, I immediately thought that this is a flight that’s leaving the country,” he told CTV News Edmonton.

•  Read: Edmonton Iranians among the dead in plane crash near Tehran

GHANIMAT AZHDARI

Azhdari was born in 1983 and was a PhD student at the University of Guelph. A statement from the university said she was on her way back to Guelph after visiting her family in Iran over the December break. “In addition to her scholarly work, Ghanimat was a proud member of the Qashaqi tribe in Iran and a powerful and passionate young leader, at the international level, in advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples,” reads the statement from the university’s department of geography, environment and geomatics.

She was also a member of the ICAA Consortium, a global organization promoting recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ and Community Conserved Areas and Territories.

Ariani was a PhD student at the University of Guelph’s department of marketing and consumer studies. In a statement, the university said Ariani was returning to Guelph from visiting Iran.

“We are deeply saddened to hear of the tragic loss of two of our students,” said University of Guelph president Franco Vaccarino. “Our thoughts go out to the families of these two students and to anyone else affected by this tragedy.”

•  Read: Two Guelph students among those killed in plane crash

BEHNAZ KHOEI EBRAHIMI & RAHMTIN AHMADI

Behnaz Khoei Ebrahimi worked for the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation in Toronto. Her son, Rahmtin Ahmadi, was also on the flight. Ahmadi’s birth year is listed on the manifest as 2010.

•  Read: What we know so far about the GTA residents killed in the plane crash

NASER POURSHABANOSHIBI & FIROUZEH MADANI

Both medical doctors, this couple from North Vancouver was in Iran for the holidays, visiting Naser’s family. They’re survived by their 20-year-old daughter, Kimia, who returned from Iran earlier this week to prepare for classes.

•  Read: Metro Vancouver family, 2 local doctors among victims

SHEKOUFEH CHOUPANNEJAD

Choupannejad was an obstetrician-gynecologist in Edmonton. Staff at the north end clinic she worked at confirmed her identity to CTV News.

FOROUGH KHADEM

Khadem worked at non-profit research organization Mitacs, in Winnipeg. Mitacs confirmed in a statement that she has been working as a business development specialist since 2016, “and had been a passionate supporter of innovation in Manitoba ever since.”

Mitacs’ Chief Business Development Officer Eric Bosco added: “We will remember Forough’s passion for Mitacs, enthusiasm for innovation in Manitoba, and her positive outlook on life. We will miss her humour, her kindness, and her warm spirit.”

Khadem graduated from the University of Manitoba with a PhD.

•  Read: Tributes shared for Winnipeger on Ukrainian flight

ALINA TARBHAI

Tarbhai was an administrative clerk for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation. “She was respected and well-liked by all. Her passing represents a profound loss for all of us who worked with her,” reads a statement by the federation.

HAMIDI FAMILY

This family of 3 from Metro Vancouver was among the victims, a friend of the family confirmed with CTV News. They were: Ardalan Ebnoddin Hamidi (father), Niloufar Ebrahim (mother) and Kamyar Ebnoddin Hamidi (son).

SIAVASH GHAFOURI-AZAR & SARA MAMANI

This couple from Montreal was in Iran for their wedding ceremony, CTV News Montreal reported. They were both former engineering students at Concordia University. Mamani worked at Bombardier while Ghafour-Azar worked at Pratt & Whitney.

•  Read: Married couple from Montreal among victims of crash

GHAVI SISTERS

Mandieh Ghavi, the youngest of the two sisters, was about to attend university in Halifax, while older sister Mansoumeh was an engineering student working on her master’s degree at Dalhousie.

Ali Nafarieh, a Dalhousie professor,  told CTV News Atlantic that Mansoumeh was “one of the top students” there. He commended her “skills and knowledge and experience” that she brought to an IT firm he also runs, and where she worked part time.

•  Read: Halifax victims of the plane crash

FAREED ARASTEH

Arasteh was a PhD student in biology at Carleton University in Ottawa.

MANSOUR POURJAM

Pourjam was a biology alumnus at Carleton University in Ottawa.

“Our thoughts are with Fareed’s and Mansour’s families, friends and colleagues at this difficult time, and with everyone who has suffered loss in this terrible tragedy,” said Carleton President Benoit-Antoine Bacon in a statement. “Campus flags have been lowered to half-mast to honour Fareed Arasteh, Mansour Pourjam, and all of the victims.”

MAYA ZIBAIE

Zibaie was a grade 10 student who attended Northern Secondary School in Toronto. School principal Adam Marshall confirmed in a statement that Zibaie passed away yesterday following the crash.

“Maya was kind, happy and well-liked by her peers,” said Marshall. “She was new to Canada, enjoyed attending high school and often shared with staff how excited she was about her future and reaching her academic goals.”

IMAN & PARINAZ GHADERPANAH

CTV News confirmed this Toronto couple was among the crash victims. Iman worked as a mortgage agent while his wife, Parinaz, worked at RBC.

SHARIEH FAGHIHI

Faghihi was a dentist in Halifax and an alumnus of the Dalhousie Dental School.

ARVIN MORATTAB

Morattab was a student at Montreal’s Ecole de technologie superireure, and was active in the local Iranian community, reported CTV News Montreal.

IMAM AGHABALI & MEHDI ESHAGHIAN

Aghabali and Eshaghian were both PhD students in the faculty of engineering at McMaster university in Hamilton.

“McMaster is a tightly knit community and there will be many faculty, staff, colleagues, friends and fellow students who need our support and caring at this tragic time,” said McMaster president David Farrar in a statement.