Helicopter crashes in central Iran, killing four

A helicopter belonging to the Iranian army's Air Force crashed on Tuesday into a fruit market in the central province of Isfahan, killing four people.

The pilot, co-pilot and two fruit vendors on the ground were killed, the official news agency said, attributing the crash to "a technical malfunction".Iran has suffered several air disasters in recent years, with officials complaining of difficulties acquiring spare parts to keep its ageing fleets in the air.