Iranian rescue groups on Monday discovered the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and different senior officers of the Islamic Republic, the Crimson Crescent reported.
“There have been no indicators that the crew have been alive.“We’re deeply saddened by the disaster,” Crimson Crescent head Pir Hosein Kulivand stated on the group’s Telegram channel.
Regardless of the humanitarian organisation’s announcement, Iranian authorities haven’t confirmed the dying of Raisi and people accompanying him on the airplane. Overseas Minister Hosein Amir Abdolahian, the governor of East Azerbaijan, Malik Rahmati, and the chief of Friday prayers within the metropolis of Tabriz, Mohammad-Ali Al-Hashem.
Iranian state tv confirmed video footage of the helicopter’s wreckage in a mountainous, forested space within the Varzeqan area of East Azerbaijan province, in addition to photos of rescue staff standing subsequent to the plane in dense fog.
The helicopter carrying Raisi disappeared on Sunday whereas getting back from town of Tabriz together with two different plane – which arrived safely – and Iranian official media reported that it had suffered a “pressured touchdown”, with out explaining the trigger.
A big rescue group with at the least 65 rescue groups was deployed after contact was misplaced, however operations have been hampered by unhealthy climate, rain and dense fog within the mountainous space the place the incident occurred, the Crimson Crescent reported.
#Iran #declares #President #Ebrahim #Raisi #useless #helicopter #crash
2024-07-01 22:57:27