An Iranian military
fighter jet crashed on Wednesday near a dormant
volcano in the northwest of the country and its pilot was missing, official media reported.
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State news agency IRNA said the jet went down at 9:00 am (0530 GMT) near Mount Sabalan, in the Lesser Caucasus range, and was a MiG-29 on a test flight after being overhauled.
Amateur video footage published on the social media accounts of various media outlets in
Iran appeared to show smoke rising above snow-capped peaks.