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
Who was on board a helicopter that crashed or had a hard landing earlier today. It was described both ways. A rescue way should operation underway. In just a few moments ago, we received pictures showing the helicopter with the president on board when they were taking off today. Again, it has not been seen since. There is been weather in the other area. Lets go to josh letterman. We no anything concrete about his condition and who was on board the helicopter. We note the Foreign Minister of the country who is a significant character was also on board the helicopter. We dont no his status just like we dont no the status of the president. We have heard from a rons Supreme Leader who is ultimately the Decision Maker in iran who has released a statement who said people should pay pray for the well being and the safe return of the president and the Foreign Minister. He says everybody should stay calm reassuring and nation that the work of the country will go on unimpeded. We are in a Holdin