How Iran rescuers found president Ebrahim Raisi's crashed helicopter | Pics

The helicopter carrying Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, and others crashed in the mountains of northwestern Iran.

Updated on: May 20, 2024 3:59 PM IST

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A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi (C) at the site of Qiz Qalasi, the third dam jointly built by Iran and Azerbaijan on the Aras River, ahead of its inauguration ceremony on May 19, 2024.  (AFP)

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This grab taken from handout video footage released by the IRINN Iranian state television network on May 19, 2024 shows Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on board a helicopter in the Jolfa region of the western province of East Azerbaijan.  (AFP)

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In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue teams' vehicles are seen near the site of the incident of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. (via AP)

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This frame grab from video released by the Iranian Red Crescent on May 20, 2024 shows members of a search and rescue team in Iran's East Azerbaijan province where Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter was involved in "an accident". (AFP)

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In this photo provided by MojNews on May 19, 2024, rescuers gather before heading towards the site of the "accident" involving a helicopter in the convoy of Iran's President in the Jolfa region of the western province of East Azerbaijan.  (AFP)

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This frame grab from video released by the Iranian Red Crescent on May 20, 2024 shows members of a search and rescue team rushing to the crash site of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter which went missing in a fog-shrouded mountain area of northwest Iran. (AFP)

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A Turkish Bayraktar Akinci drone detected a heat source early Monday, believed to be the wreckage of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and alerted Iranian authorities. (TRT News)

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Rescue team were able to locate the helicopter wreckage site but they didn't find ‘sign of life’. (Tasnim news)

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This frame grab from video released by the Iranian Red Crescent on May 20, 2024 shows a screen display showing a video showing the crash site of the missing helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi in East Azerbaijan province.  (AFP)

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The bodies of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, his foreign minister and other officials who were killed in a helicopter crash were transported to Tabriz city in Iran (Press TV)