Iranian Health Minister Bahram Einolahi mentioned thick fog was making it troublesome for rescuers to go looking the location the place a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday. The helicopter carrying Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdullahian and different authorities officers crashed throughout a go to to the nation’s northern provinces, and their situation is at present unknown.
“We have arrange therapy amenities. They are actually on the scene and rescue groups are busy with the search operation,” Einolayi mentioned on state tv on Sunday.
“We have deployed all medical amenities together with emergency medical, surgical and ambulance amenities,” he added.
Gen. Mohammed Bagheri, chairman of Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, additionally mentioned Iranian forces had been on the scene for the reason that crash was first reported.
“All amenities, gear and capabilities of the military, IRGC and police command are being mobilized to help within the helicopter rescue and seek for the president and his entourage.”
The army added that it was additionally investigating the reason for the crash.
According to reviews, rescue groups are doing all they will to achieve the Iranian president’s helicopter as shortly as doable.
Weather forecasters mentioned the climate on the crash website was anticipated to show extraordinarily chilly over the subsequent two hours, which may hinder rescue efforts.
The Iranian authorities known as for persistence, prayer and belief within the rescue groups attempting to achieve the scene, Iranian authorities spokesman Ali Bahadli Jahromi wrote on X.
The Red Crescent, rescue groups, mountaineers and different rescue teams hope to reach on the location of the doable coordinates of the presidential helicopter inside half-hour.
The helicopter was a part of a convoy of three helicopters, two of which have been carrying ministers and senior authorities officers who arrived safely at their vacation spot.