The crash of Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895; 168 killed.

September 3, 2008, at 11:45 AM, Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895, en route from Tehran to Bishkek, crashed shortly after takeoff from Imam Khomeini Airport. In this accident, 168 people lost their lives; passengers who were mostly traveling to Kyrgyzstan for work, study, or family visits.

Images of the plane's wreckage in the plains around Tehran dominated headlines for days. Mothers who had lost their children on that flight wept before the cameras and asked: "Why didn't anyone stop this tragedy?"

This crash was one of the deadliest aviation disasters in Iran's history and raised serious questions about the safety of the air fleet, government oversight, and crisis management in the country's aviation industry. But in the end, the case of this accident was closed in media silence, and the bereaved families were left only with bitter memories and unanswered questions.