Distorted fates
"He was a man standing near Armenia and living with Armenia's troubles," former political prisoner Vardges Gaspar characterized Masis Matian, a passenger of the crashed TU 154, in the following words.
The Iranian Embassy in Armenia opened thanks to Iranian Armenian great benefactor Masis Matian. The latter lived in Iran but had firm bonds with Armenia. His children received higher education in Armenian universities.
Masis Matian was the brother of prominent translator, literacy critic and poet Azat Matian.
The other two passengers of the plane, Nana Antasian and her three-year-old son Edward Khachik were Canadian citizens.
Nana attended the wedding ceremony of a relative in Tehran. Her husband stayed in Iran sending his wife and son to Armenia.
Remind that there were 258 passengers on board of the crashed TU 154 heading from Tehran to Yerevan on July 15. 35 of the dead passengers were Armenians 5 of which had Armenian citizenship.
