Media reports from Tehran, Iran, are claiming that an Iranian military C-130 Hercules has crashed into a muli-story apartment building Tuesday at 10:40 GMT.
The four engined turboprop transport is reported to have had 94 people on board.
Tehran state radio said at least 25 people had been killed in the building and 15 were injured.
Witness accounts from the scene state that the plane may have been on fire before it crashed.
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