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1st LD Writethru: 4 killed as army helicopter crashes in central Iran

Xinhua
| February 24, 2026
2026-02-24

TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed when an Iranian army helicopter crashed Tuesday morning into a fruit and vegetable market in the central province of Isfahan, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

The pilot, co-pilot and two vendors were killed when the aircraft struck a market stall at 9:09 a.m. local time (0539 GMT), said the report.

Four ambulances were immediately dispatched to the scene, Fars quoted Ali Nasiri, head of the provincial emergency medical services organization, as saying.

Mansour Shishehforoush, director general of Isfahan's crisis management department, told the official news agency IRNA that a technical failure caused the incident. Enditem

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