Rescuers are on their way to where a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian had a hard landing.
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident. The official said the lives of Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were "at risk following the helicopter crash", which happened on the way back from a visit to the border with Azerbaijan in Iran's northwest on Sunday.
Neighbouring countries expressed concern and offered assistance in any rescue. The White House said US President Joe Biden had been briefed on reports about the crash. The European Union offered emergency satellite mapping technology to help Iran with the search. The crash comes at a time of growing dissent within Iran over an array of political, social and economic crises.
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