13-Year-Old’s Emotional Speech about Father Who Died in Iran Plane Crash Will Break Your Heart

13-year-old Ryan Pourjam lost his father, Mansour, a few days ago in a plane crash after Iran’s government shot down a Ukrainian Boeing 737, killing all 176 on board the flight. Most of the passengers belonged to either Canada or Iran.

Initially, the Iran government had blamed technical issues for the crash but later released a statement saying that “human error” had caused the plane to be shot down.

Ryan gave an emotional speech at Carlton University, where a memorial service had been held on Wednesday. Mansour Pourjam had been a student of the university in the year 2001 and had been working as a dental technician in Ottawa, according to reports.

“I can’t remember a single time in my life when my father, Mansour, had any trace of negativity in his voice or actions. He’d always tell me to stay positive through the dark times and through the good, when we’d get stuck in traffic or when I couldn’t get the coffee that I wanted,” the young boy said.

Source: News18.com