The news of the sudden death of Maryam Mirzakhani shocked Iranians around the world, and her friends shared their memories of her with IranWire.
Hazhir Rahmandad, professor at MIT, says "Mirzakhani did not pay much attention to people's praise. She saw her research as her real reward."
Harvard physics professor Cumrun Vafa says "the news was incredibly painful" and that Mirzakhani belonged to all humanity, regardless of her gender and nationality.
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