For the families of the 57 Canadians killed in the Iranian plane crash, returning their loved ones’ bodies home is proving to be a complicated process.
The majority of the Canadian passengers hold dual citizenship with Iran. Because Iran does not recognize dual citizenship, it insists 140 Iranians were on the flight and just three Canadians.
“Mansour was coming to Canada, he was a Canadian,” Pourjam told CTV News. “He has a 13-year-old son here, Ryan, and that's what Ryan wants.” Some of the bodies are already on their way to Canada, however. CTV News spoke to a man who expects to get the body of his wife tomorrow, but declined an interview because “the government is sensitive to foreign news agencies.”
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