Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi & Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is believed dead after “no survivors” were found at the crash site of the helicopter.
Pir Hossein Kolivand, the head of Iran’s Red Crescent, has informed state television that no signs of life have been detected at the helicopter crash site:
There have been no indications that the people inside the helicopter are alive, said Mr. Kolivand. pic.twitter.com/djLkhPQrzl
— Iranian Red Crescent Society (@Iran_RCS) May 20, 2024
With the discovery of the crash site, no signs of life have been detected among the helicopter’s passengers.
Images broadcast on Iranian state TV show the helicopter wreckage on a mountain peak, reinforcing the grim report that there are “no signs of life,” according to the Associated Press and Reuters.
Kolivand told state TV that there was no sign of life at the scene, Reuters reported.
The crash site, situated across a steep valley, has yet to be reached by rescuers, as per state media reports.
An Iranian official informed Reuters that the helicopter carrying the president was completely burned, and the likelihood of survival is very low.
As of now, there has been no official statement from the Iranian government.
