Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian were killed in a helicopter crash in Iran's mountainous East Azerbaijan province, confirmed by Iranian state-run television after Raisi returned from a diplomatic trip to Azerbaijan. Rescue efforts were complicated by fog, rain and rugged terrain, with over 40 rescue teams, search dogs and drones deployed to the site.
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By early Monday, the situation took another turn when Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reported that a Turkish drone had identified a “source of heat suspected to be wreckage of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi.” This information led Iranian state TV to announce that rescue teams were being dispatched to the site indicated by the drone.
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The crash occurred approximately 375 miles (600 km) northwest of Tehran as the president was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province.
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Despite these difficulties, over 40 rescue teams, search dogs, and drones have been deployed to the area, which has been described by IRNA as a “forest” and shown on state TV with images of SUVs navigating a wooded area.
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Iranian state-run television has confirmed the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian following a helicopter crash in the mountainous East Azerbaijan province.
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President Raisi was returning from a diplomatic trip to Azerbaijan, where he and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had inaugurated a dam, the third collaborative project on the Aras River.
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Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi confirmed on state TV that the helicopter had to perform a hard landing due to adverse weather conditions and fog.
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