Relatives of passengers believed to have been killed in the crash grieve near the town of Semirom. Photo: ReutersAll 65 passengers and crew were feared dead in a plane crash in central Iran on Sunday after the domestic flight came down in bad weather in a mountainous region. But it later said there were a total of 65 people on board, as one passenger had missed the flight. The Aseman-operated plane crashed near the town of Semirom after taking off from Tehran's Mehrabad airport, emergency services spokesman Mojtaba Khaledi told ISNA news agency. Iran has suffered several plane crashes in the past few decades.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 18, 2018 21:56 UTC