TEHRAN: The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) President, Pir-Hossein Kolivand, has confirmed that rescue and search teams have identified the wreckage of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s crashed helicopter.
Kolivand made the announcement on Monday morning, stating that the teams have arrived at the wreckage of the crashed helicopter, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
He did not provide further details but said, “The condition is not good.”
“Seventy-three rescue teams are present in the search area of the helicopter in Tawal village with advanced and specialised equipment,” he added.
Earlier, the Red Crescent’s National Emergency Management Headquarters announced that its rescue teams have moved to the two identified hot spots located by a Turkish drone.
“Red Crescent rescue teams are moving towards the possible landing place of the helicopter,” it said after Turkey’s high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle named Akinci detected a hot spot that probably indicates the location where the helicopter crashed.
Raisi was returning with Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and several others from a ceremony to inaugurate a dam on Iran’s border with Azerbaijan when his helicopter crashed upon landing in the Varzaqan region on Sunday. – BERNAMA-IRNA
