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Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi is feared lifeless after the helicopter crash close to the border with Azerbaijan Sunday put his ‘life in danger’, officers confirmed.
Early Monday morning, Turkish authorities launched what they described as drone footage exhibiting what gave the impression to be a fireplace within the wilderness that they ‘suspected to be wreckage of helicopter.’
Iranian rescuers rushed to the positioning, state TV reported. The coordinates listed within the footage put the hearth some 12 miles south of the Azerbaijan-Iranian border on the facet of a steep mountain.
It comes as state media claimed that allied Russia is sending a 50-man specialist mountain rescue unit to help the search. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Conditions confirmed it in a Telegram publish. Roughly 73 groups, plus detector canines, are concerned, per Iran’s Purple Crescent.
Rescuers have been final evening struggling to find the Iranian president after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed in unhealthy climate.
An Iranian official stated the lives of president Ebrahim Raisi and his overseas minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, amongst others, have been ‘in danger’.
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi is feared lifeless after the helicopter crash close to the border with Azerbaijan Sunday placing his ‘life in danger’, officers confirmed
A Turkish drone recognized a supply of warmth suspected to be the helicopter’s wreckage and had shared the coordinates of the doable crash web site with Iranian authorities, Anadolu information company stated on X
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi (left) was pictured moments earlier than the helicopter crash close to the border with Azerbaijan which put his ‘life in danger’
The boys have been on board certainly one of three helicopters travelling in convoy over distant mountainous terrain cloaked in heavy fog when the plane went down.
Raisi, Overseas Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian; Governor of Jap Azerbaijan province Malek Rahmati, Tabriz’s Friday prayer Imam Mohammad Ali Alehashem in addition to a pilot, copilot, crew chief, head of safety and one other bodyguard, in line with Iranian media.
He was seen in an eerie staring out of the window of the plane, which was touring in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province close to Jolfa, round 375 miles northwest of Tehran when it crashed.
Rain and an absence of roads have been hampering rescue makes an attempt, the official stated.
The thriller crash instantly ratcheted up tensions the world over. Iran is a serious sponsor of Hamas which has been beneath relentless assault in Gaza for the reason that terrorists launched the October 7 assaults on Israel.
Tehran can be a weapons provider to Russia in its warfare on Ukraine – and a few Moscow propagandists linked the president’s disappearance to the tried assassination of pro-Kremlin Slovakian chief Robert Fico final week.
The Iranian Minister of Overseas Affairs applauded ‘quite a few’ nations and organizations for serving to the trouble.
‘The Islamic Republic of Iran sincerely thanks the quite a few governments, nations, and worldwide organizations for his or her expressions of human emotion and solidarity with the federal government and other people of Iran, in addition to their affords of assist and help for the search and rescue operation,’ the assertion stated.
Rescuers have been final evening struggling to find the Iranian president after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed in unhealthy climate
Rescue crews sped by a misty, rural forest the place his helicopter was believed to be
A few of the president’s on board entourage have been reportedly in a position to talk with rescue groups after the crash, ‘elevating hopes that the incident may have ended with out casualties’, in line with Iranian information company Tasnim.
Final evening the pinnacle of the Purple Crescent reduction and rescue operation stated the ‘doable location of the crashed helicopter’ had been discovered.
Preliminary studies claimed Raisi’s plane had been compelled to make a ‘arduous touchdown’ in a forested space north of Varzeghan metropolis in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province.
Nevertheless final evening regime loyalists gathered to hope for his wellbeing because the prospects of a rescue appeared to recede.
Neither the Islamic Republic Information Company nor state TV may provide any data on Raisi’s situation or whereabouts, with Supreme Chief Ayatollah Khamenei urging individuals ‘to not fear’.
An Iranian official stated: ‘We’re nonetheless hopeful however data coming from the crash web site could be very regarding.’ A message was posted on Raisi’s Instagram web page asking followers to hope for his security.
Whereas most commentators stated the heavy fog may very well be guilty, Russian sources pushed unsubstantiated conspiracy theories blaming the West.
Vladimir Putin propagandist Margarita Simonyan – who’s editor-in-chief of the state broadcaster RT – issued a unprecedented tirade linking the incident to the current taking pictures of Fico in Slovakia. Iran is a detailed Russian ally which has equipped huge portions of kamikaze drones and missiles to Putin, and there could also be concern {that a} new president may change the phrases of this partnership.
Rescue autos participating within the seek for the crashed helicopter carrying President Raisi
There was contact with a passenger and a crew member on board the helicopter, in line with Iranian state TV
All military and Iranian guard sources have been utilized within the search efforts for the helicopter
Raisi and his delegation had been in Azerbaijan to rejoice the opening of a brand new dam.
Azeri president Ilham Aliyev wrote on-line: ‘We have been profoundly troubled by the information of a helicopter carrying the highest delegation crash-landing in Iran. Our prayers to Allah Almighty are with president Ebrahim Raisi and the accompanying delegation.
‘As a neighbor, pal, and brotherly nation, the Republic of Azerbaijan stands prepared to supply any help wanted.’
Conspiracy theorists claimed Israel may very well be concerned, noting that Azerbaijan is certainly one of Israel’s few Muslim allies. Each Azerbaijan and Iraq supplied to assist with the search. The incident comes a month after Iran launched an unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on Israel.
Raisi is seen as a hardline cleric who has overseen a tightening of morality legal guidelines – and a crackdown on the resultant protests – since taking workplace in 2021.
Mahsa Amini, 22, was detained by morality police for sporting ‘improper’ hijab in 2022 and died three days later in hospital, sparking mass unrest.
Since then tons of extra have been killed and hundreds detained by safety forces. Raisi has been considered certainly one of two frontrunners to succeed 85-year-old Ayatollah Khamenei, together with Khamenei’s son Mojtaba.
Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stated he’s praying for President Ebrahim Raisi’s security.
State media claimed that allied Russia is sending a 50-man specialist mountain rescue unit to help the search. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Conditions confirmed it in a Telegram publish
Tehran is a weapons provider to Russia in its warfare on Ukraine – and a few Moscow propagandists linked the president’s disappearance to the tried assassination of pro-Kremlin Slovakian chief Robert Fico final week
Iran flies a wide range of helicopters within the nation, however worldwide sanctions make it troublesome to acquire components for them.
Its navy air fleet additionally largely dates again to earlier than the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
President Joe Biden has been briefed on the incident, in line with the White Home and the US is ‘intently watching’ studies.
Iraq has supplied to assist Iran within the search and rescue mission.
Hamas issued a press release following the helicopter crash expressing ‘nice concern’ over the incident.
‘On this painful incident, we categorical our full solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran, its management, authorities, and other people, and we ask Allah Almighty to guard and make sure the security of the Iranian President and his accompanying delegation, and to maintain all hurt away from the brotherly Iranian individuals,’ the militant group stated.
Raisi’s loss of life would mark a monumental second for Iran and the Center East area as there are fears of instability among the many Iranian regime.
He gained Iran’s 2021 presidential election, a vote that noticed the bottom turnout within the Islamic Republic’s historical past.
He’s sanctioned by the U.S. partially over his involvement within the mass execution of hundreds of political prisoners in 1988 on the finish of the bloody Iran-Iraq warfare.
Below Raisi, Iran now enriches uranium at almost weapons-grade ranges and hampers worldwide inspections.
Iran has armed Russia in its warfare on Ukraine and launched a large drone-and-missile assault on Israel amid its battle in Gaza.
It additionally has continued arming proxy teams within the Mideast, like Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
