TEHRAN: The Iranian government has held an emergency meeting following the news that the wreckage of a helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi was found in a remote region in Iran's northwest.
Vice President Mohammad Mokhber led the emergency meeting of the Iranian cabinet this morning, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.
The helicopter carrying Raisi and his accompanying delegation crashed yesterday (May 19) in the Dizmar forest in East Azerbaijan province.
Search and rescue teams scoured the mountainous terrain in heavy fog overnight and found the wreckage earlier today (May 20).
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and several other officials were also on board. BERNAMA-IRNA