Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and International Minister Hossein Amirabdullahian are lacking after their helicopter crashed on Sunday. The Iranian leaders had been getting back from a go to to Iran’s border with Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran when their helicopter crashed whereas flying into the mountains in dense fog.
Terrain and climate are hampering search and restoration efforts, and the wreckage website has but to be situated.
Darkish, wet and foggy. And it is solely going to worsen.
No hint of the crashed helicopter of Iranian President Raisi has been discovered but. pic.twitter.com/ilpMUlbzft
— Conflict Report (@clashreport) May 19, 2024
HAPPENING NOW: Iranian rescue groups are presently looking for the helicopter carrying President Ibrahim Raisi that reportedly crashed on Sunday.
Groups are seen looking out mountain roads and hillsides via dense fog.
Iran’s state media is presently calling for… pic.twitter.com/l3wGTnsnbv
— Colin Ragg (@colinragg) May 19, 2024
If Raisi dies, and the probabilities of a frail, aged man surviving a helicopter crash and extended publicity to the weather aren’t terribly excessive, it should shake up the strategic scenario within the area as Iranians jockey for powerhouse positions.
I’ve ideas @Washington Post At this tough time, the group of mourners are fiercely debating whether or not they need to name Ibrahim Raisi a “religious spiritual scholar”, a “patriotic anti-Semitic chief” or a “zealous anti-corruption crusader”.
— Gabriel Noronha (@GLNoronha) May 19, 2024
