DIGNE-LES-BAINS, France —
Two Iranian journalist were among the victims of a German jetliner which crashed in Southern France. The Germanwings Airbus A320 en route from Barcelona, Spain, to Düsseldorf, Germany, plunged from the sky on Tuesday and slammed into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board. The Airline is a subsidiary of Lufthansa.
Milad HojatelIslami from Tasnim News Agency and Hossein Javadi a sport journalist for Vatan Imrooz newspaper were travelling from Barcelona after attending the El Classico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid in Nu Camp on Sunday.
The two reporters were then proceeding to cover the Team Melli matches in Austria against Chile then to Sweden . Their names were revealed this morning Wednesday) by the French authorities. The Iranian Foreign Ministry confirmed the news while Javad Zarif , the Iranian Foreign Minister sent condolence messages to the Iranian Media and the families of the victims.
The tragic news has shocked the Europe. It is the largest number of causality of an Air crash in the history of France .
TeamMelli.com wishes to extend its sincere condolences to the families of Shadravans Javadi and HojatelIslami and to their friends and colleagues.