Evil to him who thinks evil.
en route from Zahedan, on the Pakistan border[Parkistan border? Surely an error. Means Afghan border], to Kerman, about 500 miles southeast of Tehran I wonder about the causes of this. Given that the plane crashed in the mountains, and there had been snow falling, it is probably an accident. However, the revolutionary guards - on exactly that eastern border - were being moved in recently to conduct sweeps against Al-Qaida operatives who have been crossing the border from Afghanisatan. They are said to have arrested quite a number. The Iranians have their own factions in Afghanistan, and don't seem to want the wild card al-Quaida.
Payback time?