The director general of the Fars Airports organization said the military training jet has crashed near Lake Parishan, southeast of Kazerun city.
Fakhreddin Keshavarz said a technical failure caused the crash, noting that the pilot landed safely after activating the ejection seat system.
Tasnim has learned that the doomed plane was a Sukhoi fighter jet belonging to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force.
Similar accidents involving the same Russian-made fighter jets happened in the province of Fars in August 2022 and in Hormozgan province in September 2022.