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Iran's Junior Judo Squad Die in Air Crash

Members of Iran's junior judo team lost their lives after an Iranian passenger plane crashed near the city of Qazvin, northwest of Tehran on Wednesday. 
 

Eight Iranian judo athletes and two coaches were traveling to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on Wednesday to hold a joint training camp.

The team was slated to attend world championships, due to be held in Hungary August 6.

The Caspian Airlines Russian made Tupolev jet was heading from Tehran to the Armenian capital when it crashed at 11:33 am local time (0803GMT), 16 minutes after take-off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport.

Reports said all the 168 passengers and crews on board have burnt to ashes.