Armenian Zvartnots airport website advises to appeal to Caspian Airlines for aircrash further details. However, the air company does not report any details yet.

Emergency response centre in Zvartnots provides relatives of the victims with medical and psychological support.

Iranian media reports that fire brigades extinguish wreckage. Head of Qazvin province Police Hossein Behzadpura said 168 passengers including the crew are feared dead.

The Tehran-Yerevan aircraft crashed in Jannatabad village, Qazvin province, about 75 miles (120km) north-west of Tehran.