Reports have emerged of a helicopter crash involving Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other high-ranking officials. The helicopter was returning from Azerbaijan to Tehran when it crashed. The condition of the 63-year-old leader is currently unknown. Reports have emerged that the Iranian president might have died in the helicopter crash. Iranian officials report that dense fog is complicating rescue efforts in the remote, mountainous East Azerbaijan Province. Twenty rescue teams and drones have been deployed to the area, but the challenging weather and terrain are slowing down the operation. Ebrahim Raisi Helicopter Crash: Three Rescue Workers Go Missing While Searching for Crashed Chopper Carrying Iranian President, Other Officials.
Ebraham Raisi Dead or Alive?
Senior Iranian rescue official Mansouri:
Two people communicated with the rescue forces on this helicopter, and this means that the accident was probably of low severity. pic.twitter.com/p4W9ICeW8q
— Clash Report (@clashreport) May 19, 2024
معاون اجرایی رئیسجمهور: در چند نوبت با دو نفر از افرادی که در #هلیکوپتر بودند ارتباط برقرار شده است#رئیسی pic.twitter.com/yM6WTbIj2T
— خبرگزاری ایسنا (@isna_farsi) May 19, 2024
Ebrahim Raisi Dead?
BREAKING: Ali Reza Dawari, head of the communications department in Ahmadinejad's presidency, confirms the deaths of the President of Iran and his Foreign Minister, Abdollahian, in the president's helicopter crash in the mountains of East Azerbaijan Province.
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) May 19, 2024
BREAKING:
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi likely dead after helicopter crash in Azerbaijan pic.twitter.com/Cp97eSC56f
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 19, 2024
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