🇮🇷⚡A helicopter carrying the Iranian President made a hard landing near the city of Verzegan, near the border with Azerbaijan, and the Foreign Minister was also on board, IRNA reports.

🇮🇷❗️ Difficult weather conditions make it difficult for rescuers to access the site of the hard landing of the Iranian President's helicopter, IRIB TV channel reports.

🇮🇷⚡In total, there were three helicopters in the convoy of the Iranian President, two of them arrived at their destination, and the third crashed. The crew made contact on their own, and there is a possibility that there were no casualties , reports the Tasnim agency.

It is reported that shortly before the emergency, Raisi met with Azerbaijani President Aliyev at the country's border. There was a solemn opening ceremony of new hydroelectric facilities on the Araz River.

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🇮🇷❗️ I cannot yet confirm the reports that are spreading in the media that everything is fine and the Iranian president and his team are driving somewhere in a car. I hope this is the case and no one got hurt.

But the Iranian media now mainly give statements from the Iranian Minister of Internal Affairs that rescue teams have not yet arrived at the site due to bad weather and fog.

🇮🇷 Weather conditions in East Azerbaijan in the area where the Iranian President's helicopter made an emergency landing.

🇮🇷 It is reported that this is footage of the search operation of the helicopter on which the Iranian President was flying.

🇮🇷 It is now 17:40 in Iran. The sun sets there at 19:30. If the helicopter is not found in the next two hours, the search conditions will become even more difficult.

🇮🇷⚡The helicopter that suffered an accident while carrying President Raisi has been found. Rescue workers en route, per Tasnim

🇮🇷 Iranian media circulated one of the last photographs of Ibrahim Raisi and Hossein Amir Abdollahian before the “hard landing” of the helicopter.

🇮🇷 ISNA released new footage of the rescue operation.

🇮🇷Head of Iranian Red Crescent: 40 rapid response teams are involved in the search

Due to weather conditions, an aerial search is not possible. The terrain is mountainous and difficult to pass. Rescuers are examining all possible routes.

IRNA

🇮🇷 Prayer for the health of the Iranian President is read in Mashhad

🇮🇷 Unfavorable weather conditions and heavy fog in the region have made the search difficult.

🇮🇷⚡Head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society: 40 rapid intervention teams are working to search for the president’s helicopter

🇮🇷 IRIB has released a picture of the general area where President Raisi's helicopter is believed to have suffered an accident or hard landing

🇮🇷 Iranian sources: Weather conditions in the search area are becoming more and more difficult.