Delivered, right to your door, download the free Breaking News hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this sunday. Im for greek a whitfield, and we begin with Breaking News that could have Global Implications irans president Ebrahim Raisi has been involved in a Helicopter Crash in a remote part of the country. Raisis condition is unknown and rescuers are having difficulty reaching the exact site of the crash because of fog and bad weather Iran Supreme Leader is calling for everyone in that country to pray for raisis health and vowing there will be no disruption in irans government. Weve got full coverage of this developing story lets begin with cnns Nic Robertson, nick, what are we learning about the crash and the search for the Site Conditions are tough. The fog, the rain, the temperatures. Its cold. But the search is going on into the night. We understand that army is being deployed. The irgc thats the elite military and iran, as well as the police. There already medics we
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. That report from jon donnison. As we heard, president raisi was
The Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, was also on board. President raisi had been travelling back from a trip to neighbouring azerbaijan. Rescue teams are looking for the aircraft in rain and thick fog. Irans Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei has assured the country that there will be no disruption to state affairs. Heres a brief bit of what he said in his first Public Statement about the incident. Translation may god return the president to the people. I the iranian nation should rest assured they will be no disruption to the running of the country. These people in tehran gave their reaction to the crash. Translation i hope they are fighting well and we get to enjoy the news of them being well. This news is unfortunate for the government and the people. If anything happens to him it will take time to anything happens to him it will take time to replace him. And for the situation time to replace him. And for the situation to time to replace him. And for the situation to settl
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