Alliant International University of San Diego says Sara Saadat was returning to campus after visiting her family in Iran.
The news caused shock waves on the Alliant campus, which is about to end its winter break.
“We extend our deepest sympathies to family and friends of Sara Saadat,” Alliant said in a statement Friday. “It appears that Sara was visiting family in Iran and was on her way back to San Diego to begin our spring 2020 term in our PsyD in Clinical Psychology program. “We know that the entire Alliant community is affected when tragedy strikes any one of us, and we are here to provide support during these trying times.”
Campus officials said Friday that faculty members were too upset to talk about Sara Saadat’s life, but that the school will put together a memorial service.Sara Saadat was in her first year of studies at Alliant. Her sister was planning to go to medical school after she finished her undergraduate work.Daniel Ghods-Esfahani, a family friend, told the Edmonton Journal that the two sisters “were best friends. I’ve never seen a bond between siblings or friends as close as they had.
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