Iranian President Experiences ‘Hard Landing’ in Helicopter: Iranian Media
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi experienced a “hard landing” on Sunday, according to Iranian state media.
Iranian media, according to multiple reports, said rescue teams were sent to the scene, although there have been multiple conflicting reports about the incident.
Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, near the city of Jolfa, at the time of the incident. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and the governor of East Azerbaijan province were traveling with the president, along with other officials.
“The esteemed president and company were back on board some helicopters and one of the helicopters was forced to make a forced landing due to bad weather and fog,” Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said in comments broadcast by the state television.
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“Several rescue teams are on their way to the region, but due to bad weather and fog, it may take some time for them to reach the helicopter,” he added.
“The region is a bit (steep) and it is difficult to establish contact. We are waiting for rescue teams to arrive at the landing site and give us more information,” he continued.
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A local government official used the word “accident” to describe the incident, but acknowledged to an Iranian newspaper that he had not yet arrived at the scene.
Raisi had been in Azerbaijan early Sunday morning to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The dam is the third that the two nations have built on the Aras River.
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The visit came despite fragile relations between the two countries, including the 2023 gun attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran, and Azerbaijan’s diplomatic relations with Israel, which Iran’s Shiite theocracy considers its main enemy in the region.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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