There has been “no sign of life” found, according to local media on Monday, the day after the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter crashed.
Following the Sunday helicopter crash that killed him and his foreign minister, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is thought to have passed away. Monday morning, more than 12 hours after the rescuers had discovered the helicopter wreckage, the local media announced that they had found “no sign of life” at the crash site.
In the meantime, things are “not looking good,” according to Pirhossein Kolivand, the head of Iran’s Red Crescent.About 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of Tehran, the capital of Iran, is the city of Jolfa, which is bordered by the country of Azerbaijan. This is where the helicopter crash incident occurred.Raisi was supposedly on his way back from neighboring Azerbaijan.
Nine people were reportedly on board the helicopter, including the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, the foreign minister of Iran, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the governor of the province of Eastern Azerbaijan, Imam Mohammad Ali Alehashem, the leader of Tabriz’s Friday prayers, a pilot, a copilot, a head of security, and an additional bodyguard.