Helicopter carrying Iranian President makes hard landing in Azerbaijan, reports of accident rejected

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi needed to make a sudden arduous touchdown because of fog within the jap neighboring nation of Azerbaijan on Sunday, after which fears of an accident have been raised. Nevertheless, Raisi later termed the studies of the accident as 'rumours'. Iran's information company Tasnim stated there have been three helicopters in President Raisi's convoy, two of which carrying ministers and officers reached their vacation spot safely.

The company stated Iranian International Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was additionally reportedly within the helicopter together with Raisi. With out elaborating on the small print, Iranian state tv additionally reported that the helicopter carrying the Iranian president suffered a “hard landing”. “However, some of the President's companions aboard this helicopter were able to communicate with central headquarters,” a publish on Twitter stated.

In the meantime, Iran's Mehr information company reported that Raisi had dismissed studies of the accident as rumors and stated that he and his convoy have been touring from Khodafarin to Tabriz by land. Mehr reporter's investigation signifies that a couple of minutes in the past, the helicopter carrying the President was grounded because of fog in East Azerbaijan and now the Presidential convoy is on its solution to Tabriz.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who’s on a one-day go to to neighboring Azerbaijan, met Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev throughout his go to, after which the 2 leaders inaugurated the Kiz Kalasi Dam, which is a joint challenge of the 2 international locations. It was solely after this program that Raisi was returning to the nation by helicopter.