By Editorial,
Iran’s president and foreign minister are presumed dead after Iranian media agencies reported that “no survivors” were found at the crash site of a helicopter carrying the two men and seven others.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi 63 and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian were among the senior officials on board the downed helicopter.
Drone footage of the wreckage taken by the Red Crescent and carried on state media FARS News Agency showed the crash site on a steep, wooded hillside, with little remaining of the helicopter beyond a blue and white tail.
No official announcement of their deaths has yet been made but Reuters news agency also cited an unnamed Iranian official as saying all passengers are feared dead.
Rescue teams fought blizzards and difficult terrain through the night to reach the wreckage in East Azerbaijan province in the wee hours today. END BBC