Incident took place in northwestern Iran’s East Azerbaijan amid inclement weather conditions, reports state media
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
TEHRAN:A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and some other senior officials had a “hard landing” in northwesterP “Qiz Qalasi” hydraulic structures on the Araz River.
Meanwhile, state TV showed pictures of people in the revered Imam Reza shrine in Raisi’s hometown Mashhad praying for the president and others on board the helicopter.
Raisi previously headed the Mashhad shrine before becoming the country’s top judiciary official and later on, took the helm of the government in 2021 with a landslide win in elections. AA