Investigators today found the black box from a passenger jet which crashed while trying to make an emergency landing in a snowstorm in north-western Iran, killing at least 77 people.

The crew of an IranAir jet which crashed in a snowstorm, killing up to as 77 people, reported a technical failure before the disaster, it emerged today.

AN IranAir passenger plane crashed in the country’s north-west region yesterday, killing at least 70 of the 100 people on board.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stood fast today in maintaining his country’s right to nuclear technology on the day of a UN deadline to roll back on its nuclear programme or face sanctions.