Many dead' in Iranian air crash
An Iranian passenger plane carrying 150 people has crashed in the north of the country, Irna state news agency says.
An Iranian official said the plane broke into pieces and all those on board are feared dead.
The plane, reportedly a Tupolev, came down in the Takestan region of Qazvin province, state television said.
The aircraft was travelling to Yerevan in Armenia, from the Iranian capital, Tehran, when it crashed, Iranian media reports say.