Russia Today, Russia
July 20 2009
Memorial services mourns Iran plane crash victims
20 July, 2009, 06:24
Relatives have held a memorial service in St. Sarkis church in Tehran
to remember the 45 passengers from Iran’s Armenian community who died
in Wednesday’s plane crash.
Hundreds of Armenian Christians and some Iranian members of parliament
gathered Sunday at the Tehran church to mourn the victims of the
tragedy.
The service to remember 168 victims of the crash has also been held in
Armenia. The country’s Prime Minister, Tigran Sarkisyan, and other top
officials attended the ceremony.