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- A Ukraine International Airlines flight carrying 176 people crashed minutes after it took off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport early on Wednesday. There were no survivors.
- The victims included 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, and 11 Ukrainians, as well as nationals from Sweden, Afghanistan, Germany, and the UK, according to Ukraine's foreign minister.
- The airline posted a list of all of their identities later on Wednesday, and stories are starting to emerge about their lives.
- Among those killed were students at some of the world's top universities, and families who had spent the holiday season in Iran visiting relatives.
- One was Saeed Tahmasebi, a student at Imperial College London. "His story embodies the dedication and struggle that Iranian students around the world experience when advancing their careers abroad," a colleague told Business Insider.
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A Ukraine International Airlines plane carrying 176 people crashed minutes after takeoff from Tehran, Iran, to Kyiv, Ukraine, early Wednesday morning, killing everyone on board.;
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