A Caspian Airlines flight bound from Tehran to Yerevan, Armenia, crashed in Iran on Wednesday, killing all 168 on board, according to Al-Jazeera. Mohammad Reza Montazer Khorasan, head of disaster management at Iran’s health ministry, says that 153 passengers and 15 crew members were on the flight. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched an inquiry into the cause of the crash.

Some of the first tweets about the crash voiced skepticism about it.

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   manfredmarz Why crash a plane …” – to provide a convenient distraction? #iranelection….. to get rid of someone you don’t like 15 Jul 2009 from web
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   persiaTrain @#iranelection RT: Iran Plane crash: diversionary tactic? Speculations running high that this creates days of mourning – no protests allowed 15 Jul 2009 from web
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   4tnemele Wondering if the regime will make the protesters (the “terrorists”) responsible for the plane crash? #iranelection #iran 15 Jul 2009 from web
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   susanhogarth BBC: did sanctions have a role in Iran plane crash? Me: Sanctions kill! 15 Jul 2009 from txt
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   ig0073 The question is whether this plane crash will stop the protests. #iranelection #iran #gr88 15 Jul 2009 from web
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   MrNewsDK Does the authorities in Iran have anything to do with the plane crash? #irancrash 15 Jul 2009 from TweetDeck

Others in the Twitterverse had other thoughts and immediately offered their condolences.

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   maripolis I’d suggest we all observe a minute of silence for the victims of the plane crash in NW Iran. So much blood shed on that land. 15 Jul 2009 from web
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   manfredmarz I think this plane crash is not suspicious…its only sad… #iranelection 15 Jul 2009 from web
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   AtlSafa RT @TNTIran: I think the plane crash was just a sad accident& my condolences go out to the families& friends of those onboard. #iranelection 15 Jul 2009 from TwitterFon
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   zanraf Dont blame plane crash on sanctions & embargos. Corrupt mullahs & their fat wallets R 2 blame 4 Ir’s failin infrastructure! #iranelection 15 Jul 2009 from web
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   Pray4FreeIran *sigh* They don’t make planes (or just abt anything) like they used to. RIP victims of plane crash in Iran. 15 Jul 2009 from TweetDeck
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   broncs I pray for the families and friends of the ppl that lost loved ones in the plane crash in Iran. May God comfort them. #iranelection 15 Jul 2009 from web
7. 
   mfn139 Again plane crash!! it seems skies are not safe anymore 15 Jul 2009 from web

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