| Eight people were on board the helicopter. It was not immediately clear whether there were more victims in the crash. |
 An Iranian military helicopter crashed near the border with Turkey yesterday, killing at least one Revolutionary Guards commander on board, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. “This morning while on a mission in the north-western province of West Azerbaijan the commander Saeed Ghahari was martyred in a helicopter crash,” Fars said without giving a source. Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency said eight people were on board the helicopter. It was not immediately clear whether there were more victims in the crash. Iran operates an aging fleet of aircraft mostly dating from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. |