EX-DEPUTY OF THE IRANIAN PARLIAMENT AMONG THE PASSENGERS OF THE CRASHED PLANE

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15.07.2009 18:09

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has
issued a statement expressing condolences for the deaths and urging
a swift investigation of the cause.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered a transport ministry probe
into the disaster, the latest major air crash in six weeks.

An Iranian airliner en route to neighboring Armenia crashed into
farmland northwest of Tehran on Wednesday, killing all 168 people
on board.

Among the passengers was ex-Deputy of the Iranian Parliament Levon
Davidyan, IRNA agency reports. Davidyan headed the Armenian community
of Iran over the past years.