Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday along with some government officials died in a helicopter crash, following a rough landing in the northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan.
Forty rapid response teams were deployed to carry out search operations to find the helicopter that conveyed the Iranian President and three other officials.
The three other officials in the helicopter with President Raisi are Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, East Azarbaijan Governor Malek Rahmati, East Azarbaijan Imam of Friday Prayer Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem.
It was gathered that several other passengers also died in the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of President Raisi and the government officials. Some of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition.
The crash site of the helicopter conveying the President was found in forested mountains, where rescue teams spotted the wreckage.
Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vaidi had explained the helicopter had a “hard landing” as a result of bad weather conditions and heavy fog.
The weather conditions in the location that Iran’s President helicopter crashed has made rescue efforts extremely difficult.
President Raisi was returning from a visit to neighbouring Azerbaijan when the crash occurred. Raisi had gone to inaugurate a dam alongside Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.
Meanwhile, Iranian security sources have suggested that the downing of the president’s helicopter out of the 3 helicopters, 2 of which arrived safely, presents a major and dangerous security event.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday along with some government officials died in a helicopter crash, following a rough landing in the northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan.
Forty rapid response teams were deployed to carry out search operations to find the helicopter that conveyed the Iranian President and three other officials.
The three other officials in the helicopter with President Raisi are Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, East Azarbaijan Governor Malek Rahmati, East Azarbaijan Imam of Friday Prayer Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem.
It was gathered that several other passengers also died in the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of President Raisi and the government officials. Some of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition.
The crash site of the helicopter conveying the President was found in forested mountains, where rescue teams spotted the wreckage.
Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vaidi had explained the helicopter had a “hard landing” as a result of bad weather conditions and heavy fog.
The weather conditions in the location that Iran’s President helicopter crashed has made rescue efforts extremely difficult.
President Raisi was returning from a visit to neighbouring Azerbaijan when the crash occurred. Raisi had gone to inaugurate a dam alongside Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.
Meanwhile, Iranian security sources have suggested that the downing of the president’s helicopter out of the 3 helicopters, 2 of which arrived safely, presents a major and dangerous security event.