☄️ NEW: Helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi involved in “hard landing” - Iranian state media reports, without elaborating further

The helicopter was also reportedly carrying Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and had a "hard landing" near ​​Varzeghan in the East Azerbaijan region of Iran.

Rescue teams are searching for the aircraft.

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⚡️ BREAKING: Emergency teams have reached ‘hard-landing’ site of President Raisi's chopper - but operation will be lengthy due to bad weather - IRNA

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⚠️ BREAKING: Fars News Agency calls on Iranians to pray for President Raisi following reports of helicopter “hard landing” - Reuters

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☄️ BREAKING: “High” possibility of casualties due to "seriousness" of incident involving President Raisi - IRIB News Agency

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❗️ NEW: Last known picture of helicopter carrying Iranian president Raisi at end of "Qiz Qala Si" dam opening ceremony Sunday

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🤔 JUST IN: Israel ‘has nothing to do with incident’ involving Iranian President's helicopter - Channel 13 citing officials

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🐱 Last Known Image of Iranian Chopper Before it Went Down?

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📢 ❗ Quran Broadcast on Loudspeakers After Death of President Ebrahim Raisi

Confirmed people on board the fatal helicopter crash in Iran according to local media:

Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim Rais al-Sadati
Ayatollah Seyyed Muhammad Ali Al-Hashem
Foreign Minister Dr. Hossein Amirabdollahian
Dr. Malik Rahmati (Governor of East Azerbaijan)
Sardar Seyed Mehdi Mousavi (president's security team)
Colonel pilot Seyyed Taher Mostafavi
Pilot Colonel Mohsen Daryanosh
Technical Major Behrouz Old

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