Violence in Iran on anniversary of embassy fall Nov 6, 2009
Small, boisterous demonstrations broke out Wednesday in the agricultural hub of Qazvin, the Caspian Sea port city of Rasht, the oil-rich southwestern city of Ahvaz, the eastern holy city of Mashhad and Isfahan, Shiraz and Najafabad in central Iran. Though not as large as demonstrations that erupted immediately after the disputed June elections, Wednesday's protests struck at one of the ideological pillars of the Islamic Republic by showing that a sizable chunk of Iranians disagree with... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Iran witness Nov 5, 2009
QAZVIN, NORTH OF TEHRAN ... This video appears to show protests in the university town of Qazvin, to the north west of the capital. (BBC News -- Africa)
* Iran to move capital from Tehran amid fears of earthquake Nov 3, 2009
Iran has had numerous capitals during its history, including Isfahan, Qazvin, Shiraz, Mashhad and Hamedan. Since the Qajar king Agha Mohammad Khan declared it capital in 1795, Tehran has become the countrys political, social, economic and cultural center. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Tahirih, Poet and Martyr in 19th Ce... Oct 5, 2009
Tahirih was born Fatimih Baraghani, the daughter of a mujtahed (Doctor of Divinity) in Qazvin, Persia in 1817. It was not long before she was called Zarrin-Taj, meaning 'crowned in gold' (last names did not become law in Iran until the 20th century). (Suite101.com)
Iran plane fire kills at least 17 Jul 25, 2009
On 15 July, all 168 passengers and crew on board a Caspian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 plane died in a crash in Qazvin province, about 75 miles (120km) north-west of Tehran. That incident was the third deadly crash of a Tupolev Tu-154 in Iran since 2002. (BBC News -- Africa)
17 killed in plane crash in northeast Iran Jul 25, 2009
On July 15, a Caspian Airlines plane crashed near the northwestern city of Qazvin, killing all 168 people on board. The Russia-made Tupolev passenger plane had been traveling from Tehran to the Armenian capital of Yerevan. (Xinhuanet, China)
Iran plane crash bodies returned to families Jul 20, 2009
All 168 aboard killed when Tupolev Tu-154M went down near Qazvin ... The plane "disintegrated into pieces," said Col. Masood Jafari Nasab, security commander of Qazvin ... Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 -- a Russian-made Tupolev Tu-154M plane -- went down near the village of Jannatabad near Qazvin at 11:33 a.m. (2:03 a.m. ET) Wednesday, Press TV reported. (CNN -- World)
Plane fault 'caused Iran crash' Jul 17, 2009
The Russian-built Tupolev plane crashed on Wednesday in farmland in Qazvin province, 120km (75 miles) north-west of Tehran, killing everyone on board. Flight data recorders have been recovered but are badly damaged. (BBC News)
People mourn for victims of crashed Iran plane Jul 17, 2009
Relatives of passengers on board the crashed Tupolev Tu-154 passenger plane cry at the crash site in Qazvin, northwestern Iran, July 16, 2009. Two badly damaged black box recorders have been recovered from the Tupolev Caspian Airlines aircraft that crashed in Iran on Wednesday, killing all 168 people on board, official media reported on Thursday. (Xinhuanet, China)
168 killed in Iran plane crash Jul 17, 2009
In this photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), people gather at the scene of a plane crash near the village of Jannatabad, outside the city of Qazvin, around 75 miles northwest of Tehran in Iran, Wednesday, July 15, 2009 ... It crashed at 11:30 am about 16 minutes after takeoff outside Jannat Abad, near the city of Qazvin, around 75 miles northwest of Tehran, civil aviation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh told state media. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Iran recovers third black box of crashed plane Jul 17, 2009
Iranian soldiers gather at the crash site of the Caspian Airlines plane, which fell into farmland near the city of Qazvin, northwest of Tehran on July 15, 2009 ... Debris is seen at the crash site of the Caspian Airlines plane, which fell into farmland near the city of Qazvin, northwest of Tehran on July 15, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
Witness:Jets tail in flames before crash Jul 16, 2009
It crashed at 11:30 am about 16 minutes after takeoff outside Jannat Abad, near the city of Qazvin, around 75 miles northwest of Tehran, civil aviation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh told state media. At Yerevan's airport, Tina Karapetian, 45, sobbed and said she had been waiting for her sister and the sister's 6- and 11-year-old sons, who were due on the flight. (MSNBC -- International)
Iran plane crash: 'not a single finger of anybody left' Jul 16, 2009
The Caspian Airline Soviet-era designed Tupolev Tu-154 plane caught fire mid-air and crashed into farmlands in the village of Janat Abad in Iran's north-western province of Qazvin on Wednesday morning, just minutes after it took off from Tehran for the Armenian capital of Yerevan ... "The passenger plane was completed destroyed and the wreckage was scattered everywhere," the state news agency IRNA quoted Qazvin police chief Masoud Jafari Nasab as saying. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
168 died in Iran's passenger plane crash Jul 16, 2009
Debris is seen at the crash site of the Caspian Airlines plane, which fell into farmland near the city of Qazvin, northwest of Tehran on July 15, 2009 ... Iranian soldiers gather at the crash site of the Caspian Airlines plane, which fell into farmland near the city of Qazvin, northwest of Tehran on July 15, 2009 ... A rescuer searches among the debris of the crashed Caspian Airlines plane, which fell into farmland near the city of Qazvin, northwest of Tehran on July 15, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Iranian plane crash kills all 168 aboard flight to Armenia Jul 16, 2009
Fifteen or 16 minutes after take-off the plane fell near the Iranian city [of] Qazvin about 150 kilometers north of Tehran, he said, adding it was a Tu-154 aircraft and that the cause of the crash was not clear and the black box had not yet been found ... All on board are dead, Qazvin police commander Massoud Jafarinasab told Fars. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Iran plane black boxes 'damaged' Jul 16, 2009
The wreckage was spread over a large area of farmland in Qazvin province, 120km (75 miles) north-west of Tehran. The Tupolev plane was flying from the Iranian capital to Yerevan in Armenia. (BBC News)
168 passengers feared dead in Iran plane crash Jul 16, 2009
It crashed at 11:30 a.m., about 16 minutes after takeoff, outside Jannat Abad, near the city of Qazvin, around 75 miles northwest of Tehran, civil-aviation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh told state media. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. (AZCentral -- News)
Black boxes of crashed Iran plane found Jul 16, 2009
Debris is seen at the crash site of the Caspian Airlines plane, which fell into farmland near the city of Qazvin, northwest of Tehran on July 15, 2009. The Iranian airliner en route to neighbouring Armenia crashed on Wednesday, killing all 168 people on board in the worst air disaster in Iran in recent years. (Xinhuanet, China)
An Iranian passenger plane crashed on Wednesday morning near the country's northwestern city of Gazvin and all 168 people on board were killed, Iran's state TV IRIB website reported. • Iran's passenger plane crashes near Gazvin, all dead Jul 16, 2009
Emergency workers shift through the wreckage of a Tupolev Tu-154 passenger plane which crashed near the city of Qazvin, about 150 km (93 miles) north of Tehran, July 15, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Crackdown Continues in Iran; Mass Arrests Jul 3, 2009
The newly announced arrests were of seven members of "anti-government groups" who were "provoking unrest"in Tehran and the northwestern city of Qazvin, the state-run satellite channel Press TV reported. The Qazvin regional intelligence department said the suspects had confessed to connections with groups including the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, or People's Mujahedeen, the armed wing of a France-based opposition group, the National Resistance Council of Iran. (Newsmax)
Iran arrests 7 allegedly tied to exiles Jul 3, 2009
Arrests in QazvinThe newly announced arrests were of seven members of "anti-government groups" who were "provoking unrest" in Tehran and the northwestern city of Qazvin, the state-run satellite channel Press TV reported. The Qazvin regional intelligence department said the suspects had confessed to connections with groups including the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, or People's Mujahedeen, the armed wing of a France-based opposition group, the National Resistance Council of Iran. (MSNBC -- International)
Iran hardliners urge legal action against Mousavi Jul 3, 2009
The semi-official Fars news agency said seven people linked to "anti-revolutionary" groups had been detained for taking part in "riots and unrest" in Tehran and the northwestern city of Qazvin. Iran's police chief said on Wednesday 1,032 people had been detained during the protests in Tehran, but most had been freed. (Yahoo News)
Agatha Christie link for Iran 'killer' May 25, 2009
According to the prosecutor in the provincial city of Qazvin, the woman, 32, has confessed to a series of carefully planned murders. She has been described as Iran's first female serial killer. (BBC News -- Africa)
