Plane crash kills Iran military commanders

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The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards ground forces and at least 10 other officers have been killed in a plane crash, state media say. <br>The small Falcon jet came down near Oroumieh, 900 km (560 miles) north-west of the capital, Tehran. <br><br>State TV said it was attempting an emergency landing. <br><br>A military transport plane crashed in Tehran last month, killing 128 people. It came down in a residential district, hitting a 10-storey apartment building. <br><br>Mehr news agency said the latest crash was due to bad weather in Iran's snowbound north-west. <br><br>The Iranian news agency said Ahmad Kazemi, head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps ground forces was killed. <br><br>The Fars news agency said those killed in the crash included a number of other top commanders, among them an intelligence chief.<br> <br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4594104.stm">news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middl...594104.stm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>