The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran expressed his condolences to the Chinese government and people following the crash of a passenger plane in China's Guangxi province.

Iran PressIran News: The crash – China’s worst air disaster in almost a decade – saw the plane crash in a mountainous region in southern China. Smoke could be seen rising from hills near the city of Wuzhou, in Teng county, in the province of Guangxi, after the Boeing 737 plummeted 30,000ft in two minutes. There were 123 passengers and nine crew members onboard.

Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, expressed his condolences to the Chinese government and people on Monday night following the crash of a passenger plane in China's Guangxi province.

Chinese media reported on Monday that a Boeing 737 passenger plane had crashed in the south of the country.

The Chinese state-owned network reported that Boeing, owned by China Eastern Airlines, with 133 people on board crashed in the south of the country. 219