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TEHRAN: Uncertainty hung over the fate of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi after state media said his helicopter had an accident on Sunday in poor weather in a western province.

Iran launched a large-scale search and rescue operation in the fog-shrouded mountain area of East Azerbaijan province.

Iranian TV blames poor weather for crash.
Rescuers reach crash site in rain, search underway.
Neighbouring countries offer assistance in any rescue.
Several Iranian media outlets have cited the Red Crescent as saying that rescue teams have found Raisi’s helicopter, Al Jazeera reported.

“Red Crescent search and rescue teams have reached the crash site of the helicopter carrying the president,” the Iranian Red Crescent said in a statement.

However, the Red Crescent did not provide information on whether the president and his companions have survived or not.

On Sunday, the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters.

The official said the lives of Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were "at risk following the helicopter crash", which happened on the way back from a visit to the border with Azerbaijan in Iran's northwest.

"We are still hopeful but information coming from the crash site is very concerning," the official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Besides the president and FM, Governor of East Azarbaijan Province Malek Rahmati, Tabriz Friday prayer leader Hojjatoleslam Al Hashem and a number of others were also on board the crashed helicopter, IRNA said.


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