{"id":2247881,"date":"2024-05-19T10:37:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T14:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/helicopter-carrying-irans-president-suffers-a-hard-landing-state-tv-says-without-further-details\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T10:39:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T14:39:00","slug":"helicopter-carrying-irans-president-suffers-a-hard-landing-state-tv-says-without-further-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/helicopter-carrying-irans-president-suffers-a-hard-landing-state-tv-says-without-further-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s president&#8217;s helicopter makes rough landing, state TV reports without details"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhelicopter-carrying-irans-president-suffers-a-hard-landing-state-tv-says-without-further-details%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2247881&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi experienced a &#8220;hard landing&#8221; in Iran&#8217;s East Azerbaijan province near Jolfa. The incident occurred during travel with officials, including Iran&#8217;s Foreign Minister. Rescuers\u2063 faced\u2062 challenges reaching the\u200d site\u2062 due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-a-thousand-u-s-flights-canceled-monday\/\" title=\"Over a Thousand U.S. Flights Canceled Monday\">poor weather conditions<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#8217;<\/a>s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-in-delphi-murder-case-suffers-urgent-medical-condition-closed-chambers-transcript-released\/\" title=\"Judge In Delphi Murder Case Suffers \u2018Urgent Medical Condition,\u2019 Closed Chambers Transcript Released\">condition remains undisclosed<\/a>. Raisi was previously in Azerbaijan for a dam inauguration. A helicopter carrying \u2062Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi \u2062crash-landed in Iran&#8217;s East Azerbaijan province near Jolfa while traveling with officials, including the Foreign \u2062Minister. Rescuers \u2062encountered \u200cdifficulties due \u200dto adverse weather. Raisi&#8217;s condition is unknown. He had visited \u2062Azerbaijan for a \u2062dam inauguration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 <\/strong>A helicopter carrying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iranian<\/a> President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a \u201chard landing\u201d on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without immediately elaborating.<\/p>\n<p>Raisi was traveling in Iran\u2019s East Azerbaijan province. State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>TV<\/a> said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Traveling with Raisi were Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran\u2019s East Azerbaijan province and other officials, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-rushes-to-defense-of-very-violent-criminals-rioting-attacking-guard-in-jail\/\" title=\"Democrat Cori Bush Rushes To Defense Of \u2018Very Violent\u2019 Criminals Rioting, Attacking Guard In Jail\">local government official<\/a> used the word \u201ccrash\u201d to describe the incident, but he acknowledged to an Iranian newspaper that he had yet to reach the site himself.<\/p>\n<p>Neither IRNA nor state TV offered any information on Raisi\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers were attempting to reach the site, state TV said, but had been hampered by poor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>weather<\/a> conditions. There had been heavy rain and fog reported with some wind. IRNA called the area a \u201cforest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raisi had been in Azerbaijan early Sunday to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan\u2019s President Ilham Aliyev. The dam is the third one that the two nations built on the Aras River. The visit came despite chilly relations between the two nations, including over a gun attack on Azerbaijan\u2019s Embassy in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Tehran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tehran<\/a> in 2023, and Azerbaijan\u2019s diplomatic relations with Israel, which Iran\u2019s Shiite theocracy views as its main enemy in the region.<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cuellar-bribery-investigation-azerbaijan-mexico-943df07248de55d89133a7a51ccc60a9\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iran flies a variety of helicopters in the country, but international sanctions make it difficult to obtain parts for them. Its military air fleet also largely dates back to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Raisi, 63, is a hard-liner who formerly led the country\u2019s judiciary. He is viewed as a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and some analysts have suggested he could replace the 85-year-old leader after his death or resignation from the role.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Raisi won Iran\u2019s 2021 presidential election, a vote that saw the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic\u2019s history. Raisi is sanctioned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/United-States\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United States<\/a> in part over his involvement in the mass execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 at the end of the bloody Iran-Iraq war.<\/p>\n<p>Under Raisi, Iran now enriches uranium at nearly weapons-grade levels and hampers international inspections. Iran has armed Russia in its war on Ukraine, as well as launched a massive drone-and-missile attack on Israel amid its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. It also has continued arming proxy groups in the Mideast, like Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels and Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Iran, President Raisi&#8217;s helicopter experiences a &#8220;hard landing&#8221; in East Azerbaijan province near Jolfa, bordering Azerbaijan. Iranian state media provides no further details on the incident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2247882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24080390018950-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24080390018950-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2247882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}