https://apnews.com/article/iran-heli...e00c7349d023b8

United Arab Emirates (AP) — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state television reported, without immediately elaborating.

Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV described the area of the incident happening as being near Jolfa, a city on the border with with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Raisi had been in Azerbaijan early Sunday to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. The dam is the third one that the two nations built on the Aras River.

Iran flies a variety of helicopters in the country, but international sanctions make it difficult to obtain parts for them. Its military air fleet also largely dates back to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Raisi, 63, is a hard-liner who formerly led the country’s judiciary. He is viewed as a protégé of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and some analysts have suggested he could replace the 85-year-old leader after his death or resignation from the role.

Incident Reported for Helicopter Carrying Iranian President

Reports indicate that the helicopter carrying Ebrahim Raisi, the President of the Islamic Republic of #Iran, has experienced an incident in East Azerbaijan.

However, some of the president's companions on this helicopter were able to communicate with Central Headquarters, raising hopes that the incident could have ended without casualties.

There were three helicopters in this convoy, two of which were carrying ministers and officials, and they arrived at their destination safely.

Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Al-Hashem, Tabriz's Friday Prayer Imam, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were also reportedly on the helicopter with the president.




Massive rescue operation ongoing after a helicopter carrying Iran's president suffered an accident.

The helicopter has not been located yet per Tasnim News Agency

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IRNA-

According to the information obtained by the IRNA reporter, about an hour after the accident was announced to the rescuers, the rescue teams arrived at the announced location and the search has begun.

16 rescue teams have been sent to the area, but due to the impassability of the area and unfavorable weather conditions, especially heavy fog, the search and rescue operation will take time.

**** did this

Where's Babayagawick85??? HALP!!

Weird. First the article says hard landing...then, can't find helo?

Damn and just after he threatened Israel too. Must be a coincidence.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle...ck-2024-04-23/

We fired him last month. Dude is useless.

A bunch of Iranians on Twitter are calling it fake news but it’s been reported by AP, ABC News, Washington Post and a bunch of other outlets.

Probably deliberate but helicopters are dangerous AF. Look at what happened to Kobe. You’d never see me get in one of those fkin things srs.

Too early to say, but 'hard landing' in foggy weather conditions with some elevated terrain nearby and rescuers not able to reach the scene, and reportedly lost contact according to state TV...sounds more like a crash.

Iran threatens Israel and America weekly. No coincedence.

Israel is behind this.

Zia Ul Haq itis.

Is this it?

Pepper?

Dude seriously fumbles the ball.

As coincidental as the Boening deaths

I'm surprised any of these leaders get into anything that flies while being enemies of the US, a helicopter no less.

Allegedly this is what the terrain looks like near the crash site, but with heavy fog now

Safe & effective

I’ll wait for babayagawick to post the BREAKING NEWS about this next month, but thanks, OP.

jews did this

The exact location of the helicopter carrying the Iranian president was determined, per Tasnim

The place of the accident was around the village of Uzi, located in the forests of Arasbaran, and rescue teams were sent to the place of the accident.

The area where the accident happened is one of the hard to pass areas and this problem has made it difficult for the rescue forces

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8 ambulances are being sent to the helicopter accident site. A ambulance helicopter tried to land in the area but had to abort due to bad weather, according to Tasnim News Agency

Rescuers:

Heavy fog in the area:

lol that f@gg0t died, news circulating internally

Mostly peaceful landing to be honest.

Just give them Boeing's.

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The Iranian VVIPs in the crashed Russian made Mi-171 chopper

* Ayatollah Al-e-Hashem (the Supreme Leaders's representative in Tabriz/Friday Prayer's Imam)
* President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi
* FM Amir Abdollahian
* Malek Rahmati (governor-general of Eastern Azerbaijan province of Iran)




Wow

No Radio contact since the crash. It was an entourage of three helicopters

Yeahhhh they ded

Meh, had a decent leg workout today, anyone else?