The helicopter carrying Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi made a “hard landing” in a remote mountainous forested area near the border with Azerbaijan.
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This was reported by the Israeli Channel 7.
Raisi and the ministers accompanying him were returning to Tehran in three helicopters from a joint Iranian-Azerbaijani government ceremony – the inauguration of a dam on the Araz River on the border of the two countries.
Two helicopters reached Tehran, with the presidential Mi-171 helicopter reportedly making a “hard emergency landing” in inaccessible mountainous terrain. Raisi’s condition is not yet known.
Iranian state media are reporting information about the accident in small chunks:
- at first it was not reported that Raisi was in the helicopter that crashed; the complexity of the rescue operation is noted – the search from the air had to be stopped due to difficult weather conditions and poor visibility, twenty rescue teams have been making their way to the scene of the accident for several hours and it is unknown whether they will be able to get there before dark;
- The place where the helicopter crashed has already been established, between the villages of PirDavud and Uzi, but there is no communication with it, and the condition of those on board is unknown;
- Subsequently, there were reports that contact had been made with two passengers on the helicopter;
- The Iranian agency Tansim, citing the Red Crescent, subsequently reported that the information about the discovery of Raisa’s helicopter was untrue.
It is noted that in Israel they believe that Raisa did not survive the helicopter crash. The same assessments were voiced in the West.
Iranian media also report that Iran’s spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced the convening of an emergency meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
Source: Channel 7
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