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NO NEWS:

AT least 70 people were killed in the crash of an Iran Air plane near a northwestern Iranian city today, a senior official with the Iranian Red Crescent told state news agency IRNA.
Heydar Heydari, deputy head of the Red Crescent's rescue operations in Iran, said another 32 people were injured when the plane came down near the city of Orumiyeh.


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727 Quoted as crashed AC / 747 used by NO NEWS in image - It took Google 0.003sec to find Iran Air 727 images...

Another story here... Many feared dead in Iran plane crash | World news | The Guardian

 

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Re: At least 70 dead in Iran Air plane crash Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world

From nonews:

The country's civil and military fleet is made up of ancient aircraft in very poor condition because of their age and lack of maintenance.

From The Guardian:

Scores of people have been killed and hundreds injured in plane crashes in Iran in recent years. Experts blame the lack of spare parts and Iran's old planes.

Iranians believe western sanctions prevent airlines buying spare parts.

Is there any truth to it? I thought I’d read in the past that the US wouldn’t let Boeing sell them spare parts for their Boeing fleet, but while the articles seem to suggest they don’t have access, they don’t say one way or another.

Seems pretty nasty to let them gamble with peoples lives if it is true.

 

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There is an American embargo against Iran. U.S. sanctions against Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From the above...

According to an Iranian journalist, the effects of sanctions in Iran include expensive basic goods and an aging and increasingly unsafe aircraft fleet. "According to reports from Iranian news agencies, 17 planes have crashed over the past 25 years, killing approximately 1,500 people."[15]
The U.S. forbids aircraft manufacturer Boeing to sell aircraft to Iranian aviation companies.[16]