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He described the crash as an "unforgivable mistake". The military said the jet turned towards a sensitive site belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guards and was then mistaken for a cruise missile.

But the company has denied that the plane veered from its expected course before the crash. It says officials should have closed the airport. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Iran ...

Within an hour, the Bell 212 helicopter had crashed into a cloud-covered mountainside. While the cause of the May 19 crash remains unknown, the sudden death of the hard-line protégé of Iranian ...

At least 17 people died and 50 more were injured after a train partially derailed in central Iran on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported, citing Iranian authorities and media. The derailment ...

Also on Monday, another Guards member succumbed to injuries he suffered during a helicopter crash in late October, Iran's Tasnim new agency reported. That crash occurred during "an operational ...