Guesstimate of landing area from Twitter user Flying With Fish, who apparently has some very good sources and has been providing guesstimates later confirmed by official reports. Supposedly those sources can explain how it could have gotten to this destination without detection.
That endpoint is Esfahan, Iran. From the airliners.net threads:
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I visited Esfahan a couple of years ago. For those who don't know, Iran's nuclear facilities are located just beyond the outskirts of Esfahan.
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If, and this is a big if, the plane is in Iran, either those two Iranians on stolen passports are the unluckiest asylum seekers ever, or they were likely involved.