U.S.-built military jet crashes in Iran, killing three, state TV reports


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  • Monday, 21 Feb 2022

FILE PHOTO: Fighter jets participate in the closing parade of an Iranian military exercise dubbed 'Zulfiqar 1400', in the Gulf of Oman, Iran, November 7, 2021. Picture taken November 7, 2021. Iranian Army/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

DUBAI (Reuters) -A U.S.-built F5 jet in use by the Iranian military crashed into the wall of a school in the northwestern city of Tabriz on Monday, killing the two pilots and a person on the ground, Iranian state TV reported on Monday.

The school was closed at the time of the crash just before 9 a.m. (0530 GMT), army spokesman Shahin Taqi-Khani said.

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