Raisi was on board a helicopter when the convoy of three vehicles of which the vehicle was part fell
The Iranian president Efraim Raisi he was on board a helicopter when the convoy of three vehicles of which the vehicle was part fell. TV sources speak of a crash, other media of an emergency landing in Persian Azerbaijan. The president had inaugurated a dam together with the Azerbaijani president. In the area, about 600 kilometers from Tehran, according to witnesses, there was thick fog. The Foreign Minister was also in the convoy. Extensive searches with teams equipped with drones, but the adverse weather conditions in the mountains make the rescuers’ work difficult.
Source Tehran, “The lives of Raisi and the minister are at risk” – “The lives of President Raisi and Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian are at risk following the accident of the helicopter” in which they were travelling. An Iranian official told Reuters, adding: “We are still confident, but the information coming from the crash site is very worrying.”
Unofficial sources speak of “martyrdom” of the members of the convoy – The Isma agency reports unofficial sources who speak of the martyrdom of the members of the convoy who were, in addition to the president, the imam of Juna Tabriz, the minister of Foreign Affairs, the governor of Persian Azerbaijan, the pilot and the co-pilot, the head of on-site security and a bodyguard.
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