Rescue teams are traveling to the site of the alleged accident with Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter, Iranian state television announced, quoted by BTA . But the IRNA agency reports that the exact location of the helicopter accident has not yet been located.
A spokesman for the US State Department said that the department is closely monitoring information about an alleged hard landing of Raisi's helicopter, Reuters reported. US President Joe Biden was also informed of this information. The EU is also closely monitoring what is happening, adds DPA.
Meanwhile, the “Tehran Times”, which reported earlier today that Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, convened an emergency meeting of Iran's National Security Council, wrote in “Ex“ that ultimately this information has not proved true.
IRIB state television reports that the chief of the general staff of Iranian forces, General Mohammad Bagheri, has ordered all army forces, all forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and police forces to engage in search and rescue operations, the state-run IRIB TV.