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Sunday, February 18, 2018
Iran’s leaders offer condolences over air crash
Iran’s leaders have expressed their condolences over the passenger plane crash that killed all 66 on board.
The official IRNA news agency reports that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged all related bodies on Sunday to apply their efforts “to heal the sorrow of the families and relatives of victims.”
In a message on his website, President Hassan Rouhani says he has assigned officials to investigate the case and apply measures to avoid similar incidents in future.
Aseman Airlines spokesman Mohammad Taghi Tabatabai tells state TV that all on Flight No. 3704 were killed. The plane carried was carrying 60 passengers, including one child, and six crew members.
The Aseman Airlines ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, crashed near its destination of the southern Iranian city of Yasuj, some 780 kilometers (485 miles) south of the Iranian capital Tehran.
— AP
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