Rescuers are reportedly responding to the situation, which reportedly impacted an entourage including President Ebrahim Raisi.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter took a 'hard landing' on Sunday afternoon local time, according to Iranian state television.The ContextRaisi, 63, won Iran's presidency in June 2021. He is an ultraconservative former judiciary chief and is viewed as a protégé of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to The Associated Press.The Iranian president won his election with almost 18 million votes out of the 28.9 million cast.
Many moderate-leaning and liberal-leaning voters chose not to vote in the 2021 election as they felt that it was rigged in Raisi's favor, according to The New York Times.What We KnowThe helicopter went down near Jolfa, a city on the Iran-Azerbaijan border about 375 miles northwest of Tehran, the Iranian capital. Raisi's helicopter was traveling in a convoy with two other helicopters, both of which reportedly landed safely.
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