Rescue missions have started to locate the crashed helicopter in the Dezmar forests between the northern Iranian villages of Aouzi and Beir Daoud.
The helicopter’s passengers were:
▪️Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi
▪️Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahiyan
▪️Ayatollah Al-Hashemi, Imam of Tabriz Mosque
▪️Governor of East Azerbaijan Province Malik Rahmati
Fars news agency reports:
⚫️ The army, police and members of the Iranian Red Crescent Society were sent to the scene.
⚫️ The search continues in the Sangun copper mine area.
⚫️ The fog in this area is very thick, it is raining, and the horizontal visibility is less than 5 meters.
⚫️ The search area is mountainous and wooded, which slows down the search operation.
Source: Fars, IRNA, Shaykh Sulaiman
Why were the FM and the president in one helicopter?
Why did the helicopter get cleared to take off? Weather predictions are not voodoo.
Why did the 2 other helis succesfully reach their destination BUT the president’s heli?
We finally had a good president and a good FM. The country was finally rebuilding and breathing again.
This level of lax & incompetence is going to make my hair grey.
The secretary of the Red Crescent Emergency Control in Iran said that the news about the disappearance of rescue teams are not true and we deny it.
Any news will be published through our headquarters or the head of the Red Crescent Society.
