TEHRAN (Iran News) – President Hassan Rouhani called on the Judiciary to make every effort to hold a special court and accelerate the investigation process of a Ukrainian passenger plane incident in which the carrier was ‘unintentionally downed’ near Tehran last week. “The Judiciary should establish a special court, headed by a high-ranking judge and […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iran administration has denied spreading misinformation following the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran last week. A Ukraine International Airlines jetliner crashes a few minutes after take-off from Tehran to Kyiv early Wednesday, killing all 176 crew members and passengers. In their initial reactions to the incident, Iranian […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani offered his deepest condolences over the deaths of those aboard a doomed Ukrainian airliner and urged relevant organizations to probe into the human error behind downing of the plane near Tehran. “Knowing the outcome of the (initial) probe into the tragic incident of downing the Ukrainian […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran “deeply regrets” the unintentional downing of a Ukrainian plane this week, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday. “Armed Forces’ internal investigation has concluded that regrettably, missiles fired from Iran, due to human error caused the horrific crash and downing of the Ukrainian plane & death of 176 innocent people. Investigations […]

Boeing announced Thursday up to 50 of its popular 737NG planes had been grounded after cracks in them were detected, in another blow to the US aircraft maker following two deadly crashes. Iran News quotes AFP report. Australian national carrier Qantas became the latest airline to take one of the planes out of the air, […]

An ultralight training aircraft crashed near Iran’s northern city of Eyvanekey on Thursday, killing the two people on board.

Chinese airlines grounded all their Boeing 737 MAX jets following the request from the country's aviation regulator.

The funeral procession for victims of Boeing 707 cargo plane crash took place in Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport with Commander of Iran’s Army Major General Seyed Abdolrahim Mousavi, and other high-ranking military officials in attendance. The plane crashed on Monday 40 kilometers west of the capital Tehran, leading to the death of 15 crews out […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has expressed sympathy over a plane crash in Indonesia, which lead to the death of dozens of people. In a Monday statement, Ghasemi also offered condolences to the Indonesian nation and government and the bereaved families of the victims. An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 189 people, including one child […]

TEHRAN — Four days after a passenger plane heading from Tehran to the southwestern city of Yasouj crashed into Dena mountain range, search and rescue teams on Wednesday found and recovered some of the bodies. The bodies were not easy to identify, according to Tasnim news agency. While some news agencies reported that 7 bodies […]