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| Iran crashed plane found in mountains, reports say | |
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| The wreckage of a plane that crashed in Iran on Sunday has been found, local media are reporting. | The wreckage of a plane that crashed in Iran on Sunday has been found, local media are reporting. |
| But a civil aviation spokesman told Reuters news agency he could not confirm the reports. | |
| The Aseman Airlines passenger plane came down in the Zagros mountains on Sunday, and all 66 people on board are feared to have been killed. | The Aseman Airlines passenger plane came down in the Zagros mountains on Sunday, and all 66 people on board are feared to have been killed. |
| Heavy wind and snow forced search and rescue teams to stop work on Sunday but they resumed the search on Monday. | |
| Officials from the region told news channels rescuers had reached the site. | |
| Both channels - IRINN and English-language Press TV - also said they could not confirm the reports independently. | |
| The ATR 72-500 twin-engine turboprop was travelling from Tehran to the south-western city of Yasuj. | The ATR 72-500 twin-engine turboprop was travelling from Tehran to the south-western city of Yasuj. |
| Flight EP3704 left Tehran at 04:30 GMT on Sunday, and crashed about an hour later. | |
| The crash site is about 22km (14 miles) from Yasuj, Iranian media reported, in the Mount Dena area, close to the city of Semirom in Isfahan province. | |
| The crashed plane was 25 years old, Iran's civil aviation organisation said. | |
| 'Grief and sorrow' | |
| Sixty passengers, two security guards, two flight attendants and the pilot and co-pilot were on board. | |
| Iran's President Hassan Rouhani expressed sympathy for all involved, saying in a statement that the incident brought "great grief and sorrow". | |
| Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the accident "saddened the hearts". | |
| Iran has suffered several aviation accidents in recent years and has an ageing aircraft fleet. | |
| The country has struggled to obtain spare parts to maintain its planes in the face of international sanctions imposed to curb its nuclear programme. | |
| Those sanctions have been mostly lifted under a 2015 deal between Iran and the US alongside several other powers. |