VIDEO | Helicopter crashes with Iranian President Raisi

Rescue difficult due to fog, according to the Iranian state news agency IRNA "his condition is currently not known"

ROME – News comes from Iran that shocks the world. The helicopter on which President Ebrahim Raisi was traveling would have been involved “in an accident”. CNN, citing the Iranian state news agency IRNA, says that “his condition is not currently known”

The plane – we read -, which also carried Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, fell in the province of East Azerbaijanand the emergency crews so far They were unable to reach it due to foggy conditions, IRNA said.

20 RESCUE TEAMS AND DRONES

Twenty rescue teams and drones were sent to the area where the helicopter crashed.

The couple along with a group of dignitaries were on board the helicopter returning from a dam opening ceremony on the border between Iran and Azerbaijan when it “crashed while landing in the Varzaqan region on Sunday” , IRNA English reported.

“20 rescue teams and drones were sent to the area, but due to the impassability of the area, its mountainous and forest conditions, as well as unfavorable weather conditions, in particular heavy fog, the search operation and rescue will take time,” IRNA said. he said.

IRNA also reported, citing local sources, that the helicopter crashed in the area of the Dizmar forest between the villages of Ozi and Pir Davood. Residents in the north of Varzeqan, in East Azerbaijan province, said they heard noises coming from the area, he added.