Ashley strohmier, Live In New York. Iranian state media is reporting there are No Signs Of Life seen at the crash site of the helicopter that was carrying president Ebrahim Raisi and others. News of reeses death comes nearly 24 hours after that Helicopter Crashed in a remote part of the country during dense fog. Reeses sudden death, along with the deaths of irans Foreign Minister and the other officials, comes as iran struggles with internal dissent and its relations with the wider world. Joining us now to talk more about the aftermath of this deadly crash is fox news correspondent madeline rivera. From our Nations Capital this morning. Hi, madeleine. Good morning. Ashley. As you mentioned, rescue teams, Search And Rescue teams had been searching for hours. A remote area in the countrys North West Region near its border with azerbaijan. This is an area thats filled with dense forests, filled with mountain ins. And bad weather also hampered, hampered. These Search And Rescue efforts. At
Territory. Two returned back safely but the one carrying the president and Foreign Minister crashed in mountainous territory in heavy fog. All contact was lost. Our correspondent Caroline Hawley reports. You can see how bad conditions were in the area, as the Rescue Operation was under way. A fleet of ambulances on standby. The army is reported to have ordered all resources needed to be thrown at the search. Members of irans red crescent scoured the rugged landscape on foot for any sign of the missing helicopter, but Poor Visibility made it difficult for the rescue teams to reach the scene of the crash even to locate it. Translation there are currently three drone teams in the area but due to the thick fog and low visibility, the drones were not able to successfully operate. There are also three teams with rescue dogs in the area. We are searching and we hope well be able to reach positive results very soon. The first indication that something had gone wrong came on state run televisio
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 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 o
Preferred, better science, better results by more than liebermann at the pentagon and this cnn cnn Breaking News hello, and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im paula newton and we are following Breaking News out of orawn or state media has now confirmed the deaths s of president Ebrahim Raisi and the countrys Foreign Minister after a deadly Helicopter Crash. Now rescue crews are now at a staging area. Those are live pictures where they are trying to assess where exactly the wreckage is and to begin, their recovery efforts. Iranian Officials Say the Helicopter Ran into trouble amid heavy fog on sunday afternoon. Images of the crash site in her ons East Azerbaijan province show the remote mountainous area where the aircraft went down. And you were looking at a photo of it right there. The president and other officials had been attending a Ceremony Morning for the opening of a new near the border with azerbaijan, rescuers faced difficult Weather C