A helicopter in a convoy carrying the Iranian president has been involved in an accident, state media is reporting.
It is currently unclear whether Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was on board the helicopter that state media say experienced a hard landing.
The Interior Minister said rescuers were still trying to reach the site due to the difficult weather conditions.
According to local media, President Raisi was heading to the city of Tabriz, in the north west of Iran, after returning the border with Azerbaijan, where he opened the Qiz Qalasi and Khodaafarin dams.
Rescue teams are reportedly heading to the scene.
State TV said the incident happened near the city of Jolfa, about 375 miles (600km) northwest of the capital Tehran.
Mr Raisi had been in Azerbaijan for the inauguration of a dam with the country’s president, Ilham Aliyev.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, the representative of the Iranian supreme leader to the province, are believed to have been in the same helicopter as Raisi.
Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian and Housing and Transportation Minister Mehrdad Bazrpash were in the other helicopters that made it back safely.
People who were with the president inside the helicopter managed to make an emergency call, according to the semi-official Tasnim news website.
Tasnim reported that the increased hopes that the incident can be concluded “without fatalities”.
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A helicopter in a convoy carrying the Iranian president has been involved in an accident, state media is reporting.
It is currently unclear whether Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was on board the helicopter that state media say experienced a hard landing.
The Interior Minister said rescuers were still trying to reach the site due to the difficult weather conditions.
According to local media, President Raisi was heading to the city of Tabriz, in the north west of Iran, after returning the border with Azerbaijan, where he opened the Qiz Qalasi and Khodaafarin dams.
Rescue teams are reportedly heading to the scene.
State TV said the incident happened near the city of Jolfa, about 375 miles (600km) northwest of the capital Tehran.
Mr Raisi had been in Azerbaijan for the inauguration of a dam with the country’s president, Ilham Aliyev.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, the representative of the Iranian supreme leader to the province, are believed to have been in the same helicopter as Raisi.
Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian and Housing and Transportation Minister Mehrdad Bazrpash were in the other helicopters that made it back safely.
People who were with the president inside the helicopter managed to make an emergency call, according to the semi-official Tasnim news website.
Tasnim reported that the increased hopes that the incident can be concluded “without fatalities”.
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