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Helicopter carrying Iranian president crashes – reports

Ebrahim Raisi helicopter crash news
Ebrahim Raisi (Inset).

The aircraft with Ebrahim Raisi on board suffered a “hard landing,” according to some media.

A helicopter on which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was a passenger encountered a “hard landing” on Sunday, according to reports by Iranian state television and other media outlets.

The Interior Minister of Iran Ahmad Vahidi has reportedly confirmed that the helicopter with Raisi on board had made a hard landing in the city of Jolfa in the northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan.

Several other senior officials, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Governor of East Azarbaijan Malek Rahmati, were traveling with the president, reports claim.

About an hour after the incident, rescue teams reportedly managed to reach the area and began a search operation that is currently ongoing.

Foggy weather and the impassibility of the area has made the search operations difficult, IRNA writes. The Iranian news agency, citing the head of the Red Crescent in the country, said the number of rescue teams sent to the area was increased from 20 to 40 teams.

Shortly after the first reports about the incident, news outlet Mehr reported that the president was fine and was traveling by car as part of a motorcade to Tabriz, the provincial capital. However, it later deleted this update.

There were three helicopters in Raisi’s convoy, Tasnim writes, amid conflicting reports. Two of the aircraft, which were carrying some ministers and officials, reached their destination safely. The agency claims that some of the officials who were with the president at the time of the incident were able to contact what Tasnim described as a “center,” which may indicate that the incident had not resulted in serious injury.

Earlier on Sunday, President Raisi was attending a ceremony along with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, to inaugurate a dam on the Aras River. The facility was jointly built by the neighboring states.

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  1. Condoleances . And respect.
    Respect to the Iranians people who knew to liberate themselves from the US vultures.
    Now awaiting if it was an accident or sabotage.

    • The-butcher-of-teheran- meets-a- mountain ??????

      What other kind of trash to expect from israhell an apartheid and criminal regime???
      Raisi could never compete over the “butchering” and going genocide done by ” the chosen” since 1948 and even before. Invading Palestina and eradicating a whole population, for the benefit of terrorists, thieves and murderers . That is what israhell is and its ally the US vulture who never shied away from worlwide thefts , crimes and lies.

      Think before sharing this kind of spitefull j**** ish trash

      • Exactly, Israel has been behind EVERY act of terror pretty much everywhere since their fake state was created. Masters of bullshittery deceiving all with their fake stories of God’s Chosen, Promised Land and the biggest load of bullshit ever conceived, the never ending money pit of the Holohoax.

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