MNA � Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram�Ghasemi has�voiced�deep regret over the fatal crash of a Turkish�private jet�in southwestern Iran.


In a Sunday statement, Ghasemi said a number of relief teams rushed to the site of the plane�crash�despite�severe climate of the region�for closely monitoring the situation and providing relief aid.

A Turkish private jet heading towards Istanbul from UAE�s Sharjah caught fire while crossing over Iranian air space and hit Mount Helen in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province of Iran on Sunday afternoon.

According to local Red Crescent officials, 7 teams of search and rescue were dispatched to find the wreck of the crashed plane.

Sources say that the plane had a number of 11 people on board, including eight passangers and three crew members. According to the deputy head of the relief teams, locals�have discovered the bodies of eight on board.