Baku, Azerbaijan, May 20. Iranian Red Crescent Society Chairman Pir Hussein Kuliband said a new location has been identified where the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi made a hard landing from Khudaferin to Tabriz.
According to him, based on the information received, search teams and task forces are searching the area. Search operations were carried out in the most probable areas.
Kulivand reported that weather conditions were poor. The weather is foggy and rainy.
On May 19, a helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdolayan, Representative of the Supreme Leader of Tabriz Mohammad Ali Ali Hashemi, and East Azerbaijan Governor Malik Rekhmati made a hard landing while en route from Hudafarin to Tabriz. Due to weather conditions and difficult terrain, search and rescue teams have not yet reached the crash site.