The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards ground forces and 12 other officers have been killed in a plane crash in north-western Iran, says state media. The small Falcon jet came down near Oroumieh, 900 km (560 miles) north-west of the capital, Tehran. "Ahmad Kazemi was killed with 12 of his deputies and accompanying officers," said Ahmad Panahi of Iran's Emergency Centre, according to Fars news agency.A military transport plane crashed in Tehran last month, killing 128 people. It had been attempting an emergency landing at Mehrabad airport when it came down in a residential district, hitting a 10-storey apartment building.
Mehr news agency said the latest crash was due to bad weather in Iran's snowbound north-west. State television said the plane - on a flight from Tehran - was attempting an emergency landing at Oroumiyeh, 900 kilometres (560 miles) north-west of the capital, when it crashed.