BREAKING: 48 Dead; Plane Crashes In Iran

An airplane carrying 40 passengers crashed in a residential area after taking off from Tehran's Mehrabad airport http://t.co/qu8z1sFNvu

— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) August 10, 2014

Plane crash in Iran kills at least 40 people http://t.co/treHs7Kuof

— Israel News (@IsraelNewsNow) August 10, 2014

Plane crashed in Tehran, Iran near the airport. At least 50 are reported to of died in the crash. 10:15 pic.twitter.com/J8zr5RHN8H

— Mohammed Al-Binateej (@ATEEKSTER) August 10, 2014

#planecrash first photos of the Sepahan Airlines crash in Tehran #Iran pic.twitter.com/ZhPYZ6cozv

— Hamed Nematollahi (@hamid_ekb) August 10, 2014

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UK Pulls Diplomat Staff From Iran After Embassy Attack

By STAFF Writer
November 30, 2011

UK EMBASSY ATTACKED NEWS - After yesterdays storming and ransacking of UK embassy and residential compound in Iran by protesters, Britain has evacuated diplomatic staff from the country.

According to Foreign Office, the evacuations were done to ensure safety of staff along with their families. First group of staff are to fly out to Dubai today. It has not been confirmed whether all the UK diplomats are being evacuated out of Iran.

The Iranian protesters smashed windows of two British diplomatic compounds in capital Tehran and torched car and British flag protesting against the newly introduced sanctions on Iran over the nuclear programme imposed by London.

Iran is the fifth biggest oil exporter in the world and it says the need of nuclear plants is for generation of electricity only.

UN Security Council, European Union and United States condemned the attack. UK Prime Minister David Cameron warned of "serious consequences". He added the failure of Iran government in defending the diplomat staff and British property was a disgrace.

In 1979 US embassy in Tehran was attacked and 52 Americans were taken hostage for 444 days. After the incidence US had cut diplomatic ties with Iran.

Iranian Parliament

UK embassy in Tehran (Iran) attacked

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EA's Battlefield 3 Banned In Iran

By STAFF Writer
November 29, 2011

BATTLEFIELD 3 NEWS - Iran bans Electronic Art's Battlefield 3 video game in the country with cops allegedly raiding retail gaming shops and stocking the game, and also arresting if anyone found re-trying selling it.

Battlefield 3 does depict the United State led army invading into Iran and gunfights are seen in realistically rendered version of several landmarks such as Grand Bazaar of Tehran.

Iranian police spokesman said to media that all the computer shops are prohibited from selling it, quoting the game as "illegal".

Owner of games store said police raided shops and arrested its owners who tried selling the game secretly even before the ban was implemented.

An Iranian news agency writes in its Editorial that the game is "conditioning American youth for another war for Israel."

Battlefield 3 is one of the biggest hits of 2011 in which players defuse terrorism situations in either online or offline play.

Battlefield 3 screenshot

Battlefield 3 screenshot

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