Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been confirmed dead in a horror helicopter crash that took place Sunday.

President Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were killed after their helicopter crashed in the mountainous region of East Azerbaijan province.

The whereabouts of the crash had been unknown until a search party was able to confirm the passing of the president and the helicopter’s crash site. The crash was met with more than 20 rescue teams that scoured the area. Raisi, who was 63 years old, was elected Iran’s president in 2021.

BREAKING: Iran's President and Foreign Minister have died in helicopter crash

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Now, the confirmation has arrived after the helicopter was forced down in East Azerbaijan Province. The situation was met with more than 20 emergency rescue teams and various drones to search the area for his remains. Foggy conditions prolonged the search.

The two Iranian officials were joined by a selection of dignitaries, according to reports. Moreover, the helicopter was transporting the group from the opening ceremony for a new dam on the country’s Azerbaijani border. Reports say that the helicopter “crashed upon landing in the Varzaqan region” on Sunday.

The aircraft’s hard landing issued an immediate response from Iran’s Red Crescent Relief Forces and various law enforcement agencies. Conversley, the crashed helicopter was a part of a three-craft convoy. The reports note that the two other aircraft arrived at their destination safely.

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been involved in an incident while he was visiting neighboring Azerbaijan, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on X on Sunday.

“Some of the president’s companions on this helicopter were able to communicate with Central Headquarters, raising hopes that the incident could have ended without casualties,” it added. It is unclear what the exact status is of Raisi’s helicopter.

The helicopter was part of a convoy of three helicopters. Two of those helicopters were carrying ministers and officials who arrived at their destination safely, according to Tasnim.

“Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Al-Hashem, Tabriz’s Friday Prayer Imam, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were also reportedly on the helicopter with the president,” Tasnim said on X.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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One of the helicopters carrying President Raisi is believed to have crashed

It is not yet known whether the President was on board the helicopter pic.twitter.com/3dgGojQESa

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IRNA confirmed that President Raisi was on board the helicopter and that rescue teams had yet to determine the location of the accident due to poor weather conditions. pic.twitter.com/F41hoTlZZQ

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Fars News reports that contact with the helicopter transporting the Iranian president has been lost. pic.twitter.com/3r1HLs9Huj

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President Raisi travelled to northern Iran today to inaugurate a dam together with the President of Azerbaijan

The area can be extremely foggy and the weather conditions are not always suitable for helicopters pic.twitter.com/QZAPIYzL0G

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A truck has rammed into a Lagos State BRT bus at Ibafo bus-stop along the Lagos Ibadan Expressway.

Newsmen who went to the scene gathered that the accident occurred around some minutes to 6am on Saturday.

Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps and Police on response call at the accident scene insisted that only their Public Relations Officers were authorised to speak.

However, unconfirmed reports from onlookers noted that several people on the BRT bus were injured.

Onlookers accounts noted that the BRT was parked loading its passengers at the bus stop before the truck loaded with cows heading to Lagos rammed into it, taking it off the road to destroy shops and kiosks by the roadside.

The cow truck had been towed a little away from the scene so as not to hinder traffic.

Details later