Wreckage Of Helicopter Carrying Iran President Ebrahim Raisi & Foreign Minister Found - IN PICS
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed when his helicopter crashed amid inclement weather in mountains near the Azerbaijan border (Image source: Getty).
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View In AppThe helicopter, carrying Raisi, Abdollahian, and other officials, lost contact approximately 30 minutes into the flight, prompting a massive search (Image source: Getty).
Iranian state television showed wreckage scattered on a foggy hillside (Image source: Getty).
All passengers aboard the helicopter were killed, a senior Iranian official had earlier told Reuters (Image source: Getty).
State media reported that images from the site showed the helicopter slammed into a mountain peak, reported Reuters (Image source: Getty).
The crash comes at a time of growing dissent within Iran over an array of political, social and economic crises, Reuters reported (Image source: Getty).
Search and rescue teams reach the wreckage of the helicopter and start working in the area (Image source: Getty).