Some 42 Iranians were injured when a Russian-made Tupolev aircraft caught fire as it landed in northeastern Iran on Sunday, state radio said.
"About 42 passengers, out of 157 aboard, were injured when the plane was landing at Mashhad city's airport," said Gholamreza Massoumi, head of Iran's emergency medical services.
There were no fatalities, said Iran's civil aviation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh.
A senior local official said the wounded were not in a critical condition, state television said.
The official IRNA news agency said the incident occurred when the rear end of the plane, which belonged to Iran's domestic Taban Airliner, caught fire while landing.
Mashhad is a popular destination for pilgrims among Iran's majority Shi'ite Muslims.
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