By Glam & Essence
The death of the Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, and his foreign minister have finally been announced, dashing all hopes that they might have survived a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather.
Rescue teams fought blizzards and difficult terrain through the night to reach the wreckage in East Azerbaijan province in the early hours of Monday.
The announcement was made by an Iranian official on Monday after search teams located the wreckage made possible with the aid of a Turkish drone that identified a source of heat suspected to be the helicopter’s wreckage and had shared the coordinates of the possible crash site with Iranian authorities.
The head of Iran’s Red Crescent, Pirhossein Kolivand said,
“President Raisi’s helicopter was completely burned in the crash … unfortunately, all passengers are feared dead.
“We can see the wreckage and the situation does not look good”.
The 63-year-old President Raisi was elected president in 2021, and since taking office has ordered a tightening of morality laws, overseen a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests and pushed hard in nuclear talks with world powers.
Source: CNN
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