The plane, a Falcon, came down near Orumiyeh, near the Turkish border. Those killed included:
– Ahmad Kazemi, the commander of the ground forces of the Revolutionary Guards
– Saeed Mo’atadi, commander of Hazrat Rasoul division
– Saeed Soleimani, deputy operational commander of the Revolutionary Guards ground forces
– Hanif, head of the intelligence
– Yazdani, commander of the artillery unit
– Azin-pour and Assadi, members of the command bureau of the Revolutionary Guards ground forces
The crash was reported to be due to bad weather and technical problems.