- By Halimah Olamide
The worst has happened as President Raisi of Iran has been killed in the helicopter crash that occurred on Sunday.
Raisi’s helicopter was one of the three in a convoy that downed in a rough terrain due to bad weather.
NPO Reported on Sunday that rescuers were making efforts to locate the spot where the helicopter made a hard landing.
The other two helicopters in the convoy of the late Iranian president had landed successfully at destinations.
For more than 10 hours on Sunday, speculations were rife that the President and others in the helicopter May have been killed when there was no communication with the aircraft.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was also killed in the crash, according to state media.
Earlier rescuers who reached the crash site in north-western Iran said there was “no sign of life” there
The helicopter – one of three travelling in a convoy – crashed after it got into difficulties in heavy fog in the north of the country.
Raisi was heading to the city of Tabriz, in the north west of Iran, after returning from an Iran-Azerbaijan border area, according to local media.