On Monday officials from the region told news channels rescuers had reached the site.<\/p>\n But both channels – IRINN and English-language Press TV – said they could not confirm the reports independently, and a civil aviation spokesman told Reuters news agency the reports could not be confirmed.<\/p>\n ‘Grief and sorrow’<\/strong><\/p>\n The crashed plane was 25 years old, Iran’s civil aviation organisation said.<\/p>\n Sixty passengers, two security guards, two flight attendants and the pilot and co-pilot were on board.<\/p>\n Following the crash, the airline initially said that all on board had died, but later on Sunday said that it could not confirm this as no-one had reached the site.<\/p>\n Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani expressed sympathy for all involved, saying in a statement that the incident brought “great grief and sorrow”.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Search and rescue teams are continuing to search for an Iranian plane that crashed in bad weather on Sunday. Officials told state media that the wreckage had been found, but an aviation spokesman said he could not confirm this. The Aseman Airlines passenger plane came down in the Zagros mountains on Sunday, and all 66 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":402580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[938,959],"yoast_head":"\n![\"man](\"https:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/AF4E\/production\/_100087844_iran.jpg\")