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Iran: rescuers recover body of Iranian president from helicopter crash

Rescuers recovered the bodies of the Iranian president, foreign minister and six other passengers and crew after a helicopter crash in northern Iran near the border with Azerbaijan. The helicopter crashed in bad weather - although officials aren't ruling out third party interference - in the Dizmar Forest in a mountainous region of Iran, making rescue efforts for the Iranian Red Crescent extremely difficult.

May 20, 2024 at 3:44 pm