People in Senna gathered in Hijab Square where they lit candles in memory of the victims of the plane crash.
Some 8 Kurds were on board of the plane when it crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran international airport.
All 176 passengers on board the Ukrainian Boeing 737 were killed after it crashed early Wednesday.
There were 167 passengers and nine crew members on flight PS-752 that burst into flames mid-sky and crashed into ground near Parand, a city southwest of Tehran.
Among the victims were over 140 Iranian nationals and 32 from other countries, including Ukraine, Sweden, Germany and Britain.
Iranian officials have admitted that human error was responsible for downing the passenger plane and expressed regret and apologized for the tragedy.
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<p style="text-align:left">A large number of people in Senna, the capital of the Iranian northwestern province of Kurdistan, paid tribute to the victims of the Ukranian plane crash late on Saturday January 11.
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