Baghdad-INA
Iranian authorities introduced at daybreak on Monday that the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and different officers had been discovered, hours after it had been concerned in an “accident” in a rugged mountainous space within the northwest of the nation, and confirmed Iranian Purple Crescent. that “no signal” of life was discovered within the wreck.
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Iranian state tv introduced, “When the helicopter was discovered, there was no signal that the occupants of the helicopter had been nonetheless alive.”
TV beforehand reported {that a} Turkish drone monitored the “coordinates of the crash” and knowledgeable Iranian rescue groups about them.
He added, “Rescue groups had been despatched to the positioning” round 5 on Monday morning (01:30 GMT).
This was adopted by a press release from the top of the Iranian Purple Crescent Society, Pir Hossein Kolivand, that “the helicopter has now been discovered,” including, “The state of affairs is just not good.”
The hope that Raisi (63 years previous) can be discovered alive was diminishing over time, given the lack of expertise in regards to the destiny of the helicopter that went lacking on Sunday afternoon amid dangerous climate.
Specifically, the president, the minister of international affairs, and two native officers within the province of East Azerbaijan within the northwest of the nation had been on board the helicopter.
The Supreme Chief of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, referred to as on Iranians “to not fear” as search operations proceed.
Khamenei mentioned, “The folks of Iran mustn’t fear, as a result of there can be no disruption to the work of the nation,” including, “We pray to God Almighty to deliver again our pricey president and his companions in full well being on the military of the nation. “
State tv mentioned “an accident occurred with the helicopter carrying the president” within the Julfa area of East Azerbaijan province.
Inside Minister Ahmed Wahidi instructed state tv that the Bell 212 helicopter “made touchdown tough as a consequence of dangerous climate,” explaining that it was “tough to ascertain contact” with the airplane.
State tv broadcast photographs of a number of members of the Iranian Purple Crescent strolling in dense fog.
The tv additionally broadcast photographs of worshipers praying for the president in a number of mosques, together with a mosque within the (north-eastern) metropolis of Mashhad, the place the Iranian president was born.
2024-05-21 12:48:28