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Helicopter carrying Iran’s president crashes


Sun 19 May 2024 | 08:47 PM
Helicopter Crash  - file photo
Helicopter Crash - file photo
Basant Ahmed

 A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” today, Sunday, Iranian state television reported earlier today.

State television described the area of the accident as near Jolfa, a city on the border with the state of Azerbaijan, about 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Iranian media reported that the helicopter made a hard landing that led to its crash in an area located on the border with Azerbaijan, about 600 kilometers northwest of Tehran.

A short while ago, the media reported that rescue teams arrived at the scene of the president's helicopter accident in Varzeqan.