A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday in a mountainous area in the country’s north-west, according to Iranian officials who did not provide details of his condition.
State media showed video footage of a convoy of ambulances struggling to make their way through thick fog up a mountain road. According to Tasnim news agency, the crash site has been located in Arasbaran Forest near the border with Azerbaijan.
Pir-Hossein Kolivand, the head of Iran Red Crescent, said that 40 rapid response teams had been deployed to search the area. Attempts to locate the crash site with drones failed earlier in the day due to bad weather and the rugged terrain, he said.
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