“Helicopter carrying Iran’s president suffers ‘hard landing’”
“What exactly happened is unclear at this point.”
“A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without immediately elaborating.
Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Traveling with Raisi were Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province and other officials, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. One local government official used the word “crash” to describe the incident, but he acknowledged to an Iranian newspaper that he had yet to reach the site himself.
Neither IRNA nor state TV offered any information on Raisi’s condition.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/19/helicopter-iran-president-hard-landing-00158791
So very unfortunate.
Can I have another cappuccino please?
“Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Crashes, State Media Says
Rescuers are trying to locate the helicopter that was carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, state media reported.”