Rescuers have been making an attempt to achieve the location, state TV mentioned, however had been hampered by poor climate situation in the realm.
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state tv reported, with out instantly elaborating. Raisi was travelling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV mentioned the incident occurred close to Jolfa, a metropolis on the border with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometres (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Rescuers have been making an attempt to achieve the location, state TV mentioned, however had been hampered by poor climate situation in the realm. There had been heavy rain reported with some wind. Raisi had been in Azerbaijan early Sunday to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. The dam is the third one which the 2 nations constructed on the Aras River.
Iran flies a wide range of helicopters in the nation, however worldwide sanctions make it troublesome to acquire components for them. Its army air fleet additionally largely dates again to earlier than the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Raisi, 63, is a hard-liner who previously led the nation’s judiciary. He is seen as a protégé of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a few analysts have advised he may substitute the 85-year-old chief after his demise or resignation from the position.
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Raisi gained Iran’s 2021 presidential election, a vote that noticed the bottom turnout in the Islamic Republic’s historical past. Raisi is sanctioned by the US in half over his involvement in the mass execution of hundreds of political prisoners in 1988 on the finish of the bloody Iran-Iraq warfare.
Under Raisi, Iran now enriches uranium at almost weapons-grade ranges and hampers worldwide inspections. Iran has armed Russia in its warfare on Ukraine, in addition to launched an enormous drone-and-missile assault on Israel amid its warfare towards Hamas in the Gaza Strip. It additionally has continued arming proxy teams in the Mideast, like Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA workers and is revealed from PTI/AP)
