Iranian state-run IRNA news agency reported the plane crashed just minutes after takeoff from the Imam Khomeini International Airport. The flight was bound for the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. All 167 passengers and nine crew members from different nations perished, both Iranian emergency officials and Ukraine's Foreign Ministry Vadym Prystaiko said.
No Americans were killed in the crash, Ukraine’s foreign minister said. Three Britons, three Germans, 63 Canadians, 10 Swedes, 11 Ukrainians, 82 Iranians and four Afghans died.
82 Iranians on the plane. Iran ridding itself of Mr. Crispy’s minions?