Fog hinders investigation into Iranian president's crashed helicopter

Rescue teams are looking for the helicopter in which Iranian President Ebrahim Reis and Iranian Foreign Minister Hosseyin Amir-Abdullahian, who, according to the Iranian state news agency, is in the works. I The RNA, it's under <x0 severe muscle” in a misty weather on the mountainous field, northwest of Iran.

The Iranian government has said on May 19th that the helicopter the president has been in was just one of three helicopters in a convoy, travelling near the Azerbaijann border.

Iranian state television and Interior Ministry have said rescue teams are trying to reach the area, but are facing difficulties because of the bad weather.

“We are waiting for more details”, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahid said.

Janez Lenzic, commissioner of the European Union for Crisis Management, has said Iran has sought help, taking into account the difficult situation.

He has said that the EU's satellite service, Copernicus, has been activated to identify the helicopter more easily.

Hours after the start of the investigation, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called for prayer.

May God return the president and his team to embrace the nation. Everyone should pray for them. The people of Iran should not be disturbed. State jobs will not cease”, he said.

The U.S. State Department has told Free Europe Radio that it is observing “from near reports of the possibility of severe helicopter landing in Iran, in which the Iranian president and Foreign Minister” are in.

Even European Council President Charles Michel has said that all European Union countries are closely monitoring developments in Iran.

Iranian President has been travelling to eastern Azerbaijan, Iranian province.

State television has said the incident occurred near Jolfas, the border town with the state of Azerbaijan, about 600km northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.

In that area it was reported on torrential rains and strong wind.

Reis has been in Azerbaijan on Sunday to open a dam, along with Azerbaijann President Ilham Aliyev.

This dam is the third to build the two countries on the Aras River.

“Today, after greeting the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ebrahim Reis, we have been shocked by the news that a helicopter where the high delegation has been sat sharply on the ground in Iran”, Aliyev said.

We pray to God for President Ebrahim Rais and the accompanying delegation. As neighbors, friends, and brotherly states, the Republic of Azerbaijan is willing to provide the necessary assistance”.

Armenia and Iraq have also expressed themselves, shocked at the news and said they are willing to help.

Iran has several helicopters, but international sanctions make changing parts difficult.

The military fleet has equipment dating back to the period before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Reiss, 63, is a hardline official who has previously led the judiciary sector.

He is close to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatolah Ali Khamenei, and some analysts suggest he could replace the 85-year-old leader after his death, or giving up power.

Reis has won the 2021 presidential election, the process that is considered with the lowest public appearance in the history of the Islamic Republic.

Reiss is sanctioned by the United States for his involvement in the mass executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988, at the end of Iran-Iraq bloody war.

Under Reissian leadership, Iran now enrichs uranium at high levels and avoids international inspections.

Iran armed Russia in its war in Ukraine, as well as launching massive attacks on fears and rockets against Israel this year, for the war against Hamas the Palestinian group declared by the US and the European Union in the Gaza Strip.

Tehran, too, continues to arm its networks in the Middle East, as did the Huth rebels of Yemen and Hezbollah of Lebanon. /rel

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