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Spokesman for Imam Khomeini International Airport Ali Kashani said that the plane bound for Kyiv and carrying 167 passengers and 9 crew crashed around Parand, about 60 kilometers south-west of Tehran, according to local news agency ISNA.

According to the Flightradar aircraft tracking service, the Boeing 737 disappeared from radars two minutes after takeoff.
"PS752 departed Tehran at 02:42UTC. Last ADS-B data received at 02:44UTC," Flightradar reported on Twitter.

The plane was heading from Tehran to Kyiv. The preliminary cause of the crash is a technical issue.