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Aircraft 'crashes in north Iran' 'Many dead' in Iranian air crash
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An Iranian passenger plane carrying 150 people has crashed in the north of the country, Irna state news agency says.An Iranian passenger plane carrying 150 people has crashed in the north of the country, Irna state news agency says.
An Iranian official said the plane broke into pieces and all those on board are feared dead.An Iranian official said the plane broke into pieces and all those on board are feared dead.
The plane, reportedly a Tupolev, came down in the Takestan region of Qazvin province, state television said. The plane, reportedly a Tupolev, came down near Jannatabad village in Qazvin province, state television said.
The aircraft was travelling to Yerevan in Armenia, from the Iranian capital, Tehran, when it crashed, Iranian media reports say. The Caspian Airlines plane was travelling from the Iranian capital, Tehran, to Yerevan in Armenia when it crashed, Iranian media reports say.
"The 7908 Caspian flight crashed 16 minutes after its take-off from the International Imam Khomeini Airport," Iran's Aviation Organisation spokesman, Reza Jafarzadeh, was quoted by Press TV as saying.

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