Source: Direct News

[Hard landing of Iranian President's helicopter is in doubt, and the whole country prays] A helicopter carrying people including Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the Foreign Minister landed hard in East Azerbaijani Province of Iran. Reuters quoted Iranian officials as saying that the life and death of President Leahy and the Foreign Minister are uncertain. Officials said they were still hopeful, but the message from the scene was very worrying. Ahmad Vahidi, the Interior Minister, confirmed to Iranian state television that one of the planes carrying Lehi had seriously crashed, and the authorities were waiting for further details.

Iran Fars News Agency (FARS) publicly called on Iran to pray for Leahy. The national television station has stopped all regular programs, broadcast prayer activities held for Laixi all over the country, and broadcast live the rescue team's hiking search in the heavy fog in a corner of the screen.

At present, Iran has sent 20 rescue teams and unmanned aerial vehicles to the accident site, but the rescue work is facing great challenges due to the inconvenient traffic, complex terrain and heavy fog in this area.

Iranian television said that the search operation for the helicopter carrying Leahy had been carried out for three hours. Due to heavy fog, it is completely impossible to use the aircraft to search.

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