https://apnews.com/article/iran-heli...e00c7349d023b8
United Arab Emirates (AP) — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state television reported, without immediately elaborating.
Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV described the area of the incident happening as being near Jolfa, a city on the border with with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Raisi had been in Azerbaijan early Sunday to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. The dam is the third one that the two nations built on the Aras River.
Iran flies a variety of helicopters in the country, but international sanctions make it difficult to obtain parts for them. Its military air fleet also largely dates back to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Raisi, 63, is a hard-liner who formerly led the country’s judiciary. He is viewed as a protégé of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and some analysts have suggested he could replace the 85-year-old leader after his death or resignation from the role.
https://twitter.com/Tasnimnews_EN/st...76636869107809
Incident Reported for Helicopter Carrying Iranian President
Reports indicate that the helicopter carrying Ebrahim Raisi, the President of the Islamic Republic of #Iran, has experienced an incident in East Azerbaijan.
However, some of the president's companions on this helicopter were able to communicate with Central Headquarters, raising hopes that the incident could have ended without casualties.
There were three helicopters in this convoy, two of which were carrying ministers and officials, and they arrived at their destination safely.
Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Al-Hashem, Tabriz's Friday Prayer Imam, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were also reportedly on the helicopter with the president.
Massive rescue operation ongoing after a helicopter carrying Iran's president suffered an accident.
The helicopter has not been located yet per Tasnim News Agency
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https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1792185855521567189
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According to the information obtained by the IRNA reporter, about an hour after the accident was announced to the rescuers, the rescue teams arrived at the announced location and the search has begun.
16 rescue teams have been sent to the area, but due to the impassability of the area and unfavorable weather conditions, especially heavy fog, the search and rescue operation will take time.
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05-19-2024, 06:03 AM #1
BREAKING: Helicopter carrying Iran's President crashes
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Damn and just after he threatened Israel too. Must be a coincidence.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle...ck-2024-04-23/
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05-19-2024, 06:48 AM #13The closer we approach the uncertainty of life's ending the more we wish to trade all of the things we have acquired in exchange for all of the things we have lost: wealth for youth, knowledge for fresh curiosity, resignation for hope. We'd trade our wisdom for new experiences, but it is wisdom that will teach us that at the end of the road the only new experience is death.
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Allegedly this is what the terrain looks like near the crash site, but with heavy fog now
https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1792194997720072528
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https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/statu...96411372552341
The exact location of the helicopter carrying the Iranian president was determined, per Tasnim
The place of the accident was around the village of Uzi, located in the forests of Arasbaran, and rescue teams were sent to the place of the accident.
The area where the accident happened is one of the hard to pass areas and this problem has made it difficult for the rescue forces
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Rescuers:
https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/statu...01222113620283
Heavy fog in the area:
https://twitter.com/clashreport/stat...99489023050222
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