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May 20, 2024 · State TV said what it called a “hard landing” happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Later, state TV put it farther east near the village of Uzi, but details remained contradictory.
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- Gulf And Iran News Director
May 25, 2024 · The officials notified Tehran and requested emergency search-and-rescue teams, but they took hours to arrive, slowed by the hazardous weather and narrow roads that snaked around the mountains, Mr ...
14 hours ago · FILE - An Iranian woman holds a poster of the late President Ebrahim Raisi during a mourning ceremony for him at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran, Iran on May 20, 2024. While the cause of the May 19 crash remains unknown, the sudden death of the hard-line protégé of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei exposed the contradictions ...
1 day ago · That can both help navigation and provide a safe landing area in an emergency. Former Iranian Presidents Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Abolhassan Banisadr both survived helicopter crashes while in office.
May 19, 2024 · Officials say dozens of rescue teams dispatched after helicopter suffers ‘hard landing’ in East Azerbaijan province.
May 20, 2024 · President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash in a mountainous region in northern Iran. via EPA - Shutterstock. Foriegn Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian was also killed...
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May 20, 2024 · The crash prompted an hours-long search-and-rescue operation with assistance from the European Union and Turkey, among others, but emergency crews were hampered by the fog and plummeting...
