The incident in Isfahan province follows crash of fighter jet in Hamadan province lower than per week in the past.
Printed On 24 Feb 2026
Tehran, Iran – Two navy pilots and two retailers have been killed after a military helicopter crashed right into a fruit market in central Iran.
The crash on Tuesday morning occurred in Dorcheh, a city in Isfahan province, the place the military has a serious airbase, based on state media, which mentioned the trigger was seemingly a technical fault within the plane.
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Footage broadcast by state media from the scene of the crash confirmed the wreckage and emergency responders placing out the hearth.
The Military Aviation Coaching Centre, in an announcement, recognized the killed troopers as Colonel Hamed Sarvazad, the pilot; and his co-pilot, Main Mojtaba Kiani.
Two folks working at their cubicles available in the market had been additionally reportedly killed on the scene after the helicopter crashed and caught hearth.
The military centre mentioned the reason for the crash is underneath investigation. The native judiciary chief, Asadollah Jafari, mentioned he had additionally opened a case and dispatched investigators.
The crash comes lower than per week after an Iranian Air Power fighter jet, reportedly an outdated United States-built F-4 mannequin, crashed throughout a late-night coaching mission within the western province of Hamadan.
State media reported that one of many pilots was killed, however the different survived after efficiently ejecting. The reason for that crash is underneath investigation, however state media mentioned it was seemingly attributable to a technical fault, as nicely.
Iran has been largely unable to improve its ageing fleet of plane, each navy and civilian, on account of decades-long sanctions imposed by the US and its allies.
Iran has bought quite a lot of fighter and coaching plane from Russia, and has been in search of to purchase superior Su-35 jets, however they’ve but to be delivered by Moscow.
The crash of the helicopter came about amid rising tensions between the US and Iran earlier than a brand new spherical of nuclear talks, that are set to happen in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday.
Iranian officers have warned that the nation is not going to “bow down” to US stress as Washington bolsters its navy presence within the area.
In current weeks, the US navy has amassed tons of of superior fighter plane, each in navy bases and on two plane service strike teams, because it threatens to strike Iran if it fails to achieve a deal on its nuclear and missile programmes.
Tehran has rejected negotiations about its missiles, however has mentioned an settlement could also be doable to make sure it would by no means possess a nuclear weapon.
