Rome, 11/01/2020. Today, members of the Iranian Community in Rome held a candle light vigils outside the main gate of the University of Rome La Sapienza to commemorate the 176 victims of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. The airplane crashed on Wednesday 08 January 2020 after its takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International airport. The crash came after the the targeted assassination of the Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani killed by US drone strike - ordered by the US...
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Rome, 11/01/2020. Today, members of the Iranian Community in Rome held a candle light vigils outside the main gate of the University of Rome La Sapienza to commemorate the 176 victims of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. The airplane crashed on Wednesday 08 January 2020 after its takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International airport. The crash came after the the targeted assassination of the Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani killed by US drone strike - ordered by the US President Donald Trump - on 03 January 2020 and the consequent Iranian missile launch against two US bases in Iraq. Today, 11 January 2020, three days after the crash, Iran admitted downing the jet "unintentionally", "by mistake", blaming a "human error". "The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake. My thoughts and prayers go to all the mourning families", President Hassan Rouhani said. The Candle light vigil was held to send condolences and show support and solidarity with the families and friends of the victims, "امروز 11 ژانویه 2020 همزمان با تجمع دانشجویان در ایران، ما نیز در مقابل دانشگاه ساپینزا به یاد هموطنان عزیزمان شمعی روشن خواهیم کرد". The vigil at the University of Rome was held concurrently with others across the world, including the vigil outside the main gate of the Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran and in Trafalgar Square in London.

Footnotes & Links:
http://bit.do/foNvd (Source, BBC.com, ENG)
http://bit.do/foNuF (Source, CNN.com, ENG)
http://bit.do/foNvA (Source, Repubblica.it, ITA)
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