<span style="color: #222222;">An Iranian fighter jet went down today in the north of the country, near the border with Azerbaijan.<br />'' <br />'' The fate of the pilot was not immediately known.<br />'' <br />'' Iran's state television reported that rescue teams and three search helicopters were looking for the pilot who was said to have contacted his base following the crash.<br />''<br />''The fighter jet was a recently overhauled MiG-29. The pilot was test flying the plane and had taken off from the Tabriz air base in northwestern Iran. </span>