Videos of Wreckage of Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President
The wreckage of the helicopter that crashed while carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions has been found, an official said.
Rescue teams have located the chopper that crashed in the country’s northwest on Sunday afternoon, Pir-Hossein Koulivand, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), said in televised remarks in the wee hours of Monday morning.
BREAKING: MANY BODIES OF THOSE DIED IN IRAN PRESIDENT RAISI HELICOPTER CRASH HAVE BEEN BURNT AND CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED pic.twitter.com/ilM0ohOmnZ
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He said there was no sign of any survivors in the incident that took place on Sunday.
BREAKING: Drone video suggests Iranian president's helicopter completely destroyed pic.twitter.com/s2lpARZTK9
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Later ,Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, were confirmed to have been martyred after their helicopter crashed in northwestern Iran on Sunday.
BREAKING: Heat signature found in search for Iranian president's helicopter, rescue crews en-route pic.twitter.com/FYlgcnflsb
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The accident happened as the president and his entourage were returning from Khoda Afarin region in Iran’s northwestern province of East Azarbaijan after inaugurating a dam at the common border with the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The first images have emerged showing the transfer of the martyrs' bodies by Red Crescent rescuers and army rangers to the downstream areas. pic.twitter.com/VE9Tg6nv6B
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