Irans Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has announced five days of public mourning. The search, in a mountainous area in North Western iran near tabriz, has been hampered by bad weather. Graham satchell has the story. Search teams have been scouring the mountains of north west iran all night. Thick fog and heavy rain have hampered efforts, but in the early hours of this morning, this, a drone sent by turkey identified a source of heat. Footage shows an aerial view of a landscape at night and a Dark Blotch On what appears to be a hillside. When rescuers eventually reached the wreckage on foot, they found the helicopter, which had been carrying irans president and Foreign Minister was completely burned with no signs of life. And soon after, confirmation that both irans president , Ebrahim Raisi, and Foreign Minister have been killed in the crash. Translation the servant of the iranian people, Ebrahim Raisi, the president of the republic of iran, was martyred while serving the people of
Thick fog and heavy rain have hampered efforts, but in the early hours of this morning, this, a drone sent by turkey identified a source of heat. Footage shows an aerial view of a landscape at night and a Dark Blotch On what appears to be a hillside. When rescuers eventually reach the wreckage on foot, they found the helicopter which had been carrying irans president and the Foreign Minister was completely burned with no signs of life. And soon after, confirmation that both irans president Ebrahim Raisi and the Foreign Minister have been killed in the crash. The servant of the iranian people, president raisi, the president of the republic of iran was serving the people of the public of iran. President raisi, seen here on the left, had been visiting a dam project. This is footage of him earlier in the day travelling in a convoy of three helicopters. He became the president in 2021 and was responsible for tightening Morality Laws and oversaw a ruthless repression and were seen as a poten
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Dozens of people are involved in the search. But bad weather is reported to be hampering their efforts. It happened in the far north of iran, near the city of tabriz, close to the border with azerbaijan. President raisi, seen here on the left, had been visiting a dam project. This is thought to be footage of him earlier in the day, travelling in a convoy of three helicopters. First reports that something had gone wrong were announced on state tv. Translation there are unconfirmed reports of an incident involving the helicopter carrying the president in thejolfa region. Initial reports cite a hard landing for the helicopter carrying the president. President raisi, considered a hardliner, is the second most powerfulfigure in iran and has been regarded as a possible successor to the Supreme Leader, ali khamenei. There is no word yet on any casualties today, but across iran, there have been prayers for the president s safety. Jon donnison, bbc news. And i want to take you to the live pictu