The exact location of the helicopter crash of the Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi has been established. This was announced by the commander of the forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC - elite units of the Iranian armed forces) in the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan, General Asghar Abbas Ghalizadeh.
„A few minutes ago, a signal was received from a helicopter and the mobile phone of a crew member who is at the scene of the accident,” Galizadeh quoted Tasnim news agency as saying. The commander added that everyone involved in the search and rescue operation was “heading to the area” of the hard landing and that he hopes to "bring good news to the people".