Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ordered the military to investigate "the possible shortcomings or mistakes" that led to the crash. The initial Iranian military statement said the plane's downing was ...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has revealed Iran's reaction to learning that Israel did not orchestrate former ...

A 13-year-old boy whose father was one of the 176 passengers who died in the Iranian plane crash delivered a heartbreaking speech at his memorial service. A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 ...

The crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several ... Many believe the destruction of the plane was ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin. In April 1994, Rwandan President ...

and had 180 passengers and crew.” Boeing said the company was aware of media reports of a plane crash in Iran and was gathering more information.

Between 1979 and 2023, Iran plane crashes have killed more than 2, 000 people, according to the Geneva-based Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives (B3A). Shortly after the imposition of the ...

Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times The helicopter crash was caused ... who were killed when Iran’s Revolutionary Guards shot down a Ukrainian Arlines passenger plane with two missiles ...