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Tehran, Iran—Rescue teams in northwest Iran early Monday located the missing helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, but no signs of life had been detected so far, state TV reported.
“The helicopter has been found. Now, we are moving toward the helicopter,” said Koolivand. “We are seeing the helicopter. The situation is not good.” The search operation was being carried out by 73 rescue teams in “difficult conditions” in a mountainous area covered in thick fog and rain, the Red Crescent said.He urged people to get their information “only from state television,” and not listen to foreign media channels Iran deems hostile to the Islamic republic.
Expressions of concern and offers to help came from abroad, including Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Russia and Turkey, as well as from the European Union, which activated its rapid response mapping service to aid in the search effort. Raisi had visited the northwestern province to inaugurate a dam project together with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, on their common border.
A US State Department spokesman said: “We are closely following reports of a possible hard landing of a helicopter in Iran carrying the Iranian president and foreign minister,” adding that “we have no further comment at this time.”
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