{"id":2247972,"date":"2024-05-19T12:28:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T16:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/helicopter-carrying-irans-president-suffers-a-hard-landing-state-tv-says-and-rescue-is-underway\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T12:30:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T16:30:58","slug":"helicopter-carrying-irans-president-suffers-a-hard-landing-state-tv-says-and-rescue-is-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/helicopter-carrying-irans-president-suffers-a-hard-landing-state-tv-says-and-rescue-is-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s president&#8217;s helicopter makes emergency landing, rescue operation in progress &#8211; state TV"},"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\">26<\/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-and-rescue-is-underway%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=2247972&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>Iranian \u2062President Ebrahim Raisi&#8217;s helicopter made a hard\u200b landing in Iran&#8217;s East \u200dAzerbaijan province, causing\u2062 concern for\u2064 his \u2063safety. The\u200c incident \u200coccurred near\u2064 Jolfa, sparking\u200c urgent prayers for Raisi and passengers onboard. Despite the \u2063lack of official updates on Raisi&#8217;s condition, rescue operations \u200cfaced challenges due to poor weather conditions,\u2063 hindering their progress in reaching the site. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-for-federal-gov-to-pay-for-entire-cost-of-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-but-says-it-will-take-some-time\/\" title=\"Biden advocates for federal government to cover full Baltimore Bridge reconstruction expenses, acknowledges it will be a lengthy process\">summary effectively captures<\/a> the \u200ckey details of the incident involving Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi&#8217;s helicopter hard \u200dlanding.\u200b It\u200c conveys the \u2063location, the safety \u200bconcerns, the call\u2064 for prayers, the lack of updates on Raisi&#8217;s condition, \u200band the challenges faced by rescue operations due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-multilateralism-must-not-be-stifled-by-nationalistic-demands\/\" title=\"Pope Francis: Multilateralism Must Not Be Stifled by \u2018Nationalistic Demands\u2019\">adverse weather conditions<\/a>.  <\/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:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ebrahim-raisi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> suffered a \u201chard landing\u201d on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without elaborating. Some began urging the public to pray for Raisi and the others on board as rescue crews sped through a misty, rural forest where his helicopter was believed to be.<\/p>\n<p>The likely crash comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-president-raisi-helicopter-a02630b6dca3cac455cacd16690b710f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iran, under Raisi<\/a> and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, launched an unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel just last month and has enriched uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. Meanwhile, Iran has faced years of mass protests against its Shiite theocracy over an ailing economy and women\u2019s rights \u2014 making the moment that much more sensitive for Tehran and the future of the country as the Israel-Hamas war inflames the wider Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Raisi was traveling in Iran\u2019s East Azerbaijan province. State TV said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with 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.<\/p>\n<p>Traveling with Raisi were Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran\u2019s East Azerbaijan province and other officials and bodyguards, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. One local government official 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.<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cuellar-bribery-investigation-azerbaijan-mexico-832b32f502f4a5606f0f1f6fedfe6db2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neither IRNA nor state TV offered any information on Raisi\u2019s condition in the hours afterward. However, hard-liners urged the public to pray for him. State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/TV\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>TV<\/a> later aired images of the faithful praying at Imam Reza Shrine in the city of Mashhad, one of Shiite Islam\u2019s holiest sites, as well as in Qom and other locations across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe esteemed president and company were on their way back aboard some helicopters and one of the helicopters was forced to make a hard landing due to the bad weather and fog,\u201d Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said in comments aired on state TV. \u201cVarious rescue teams are on their way to the region but because of the poor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>weather<\/a> and fogginess it might take time for them to reach the helicopter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe region is a bit (rugged) and it\u2019s difficult to make contact. We are waiting for rescue teams to reach the landing site and give us more information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers were attempting to reach the site, state TV said, but had been hampered by poor weather conditions. There had been heavy rain and fog reported with some wind. IRNA called the area a \u201cforest\u201d and the region is known to be mountainous as well. State TV aired images of SUVs racing through a wooded area.<\/p>\n<p>A rescue helicopter tried to reach the area where authorities believe Raisi\u2019s helicopter was, but it couldn\u2019t land due to the heavy mist, emergency services spokesman Babak Yektaparast told IRNA.<\/p>\n<p>Raisi had been on the border with 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-azerbaijan-tensions-diplomats-expelled-6d24a9b5a8c0cfb49b76e02f251468a4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>chilly relations between the two nations,<\/a> including over a gun attack on Azerbaijan\u2019s Embassy in Tehran in 2023, and Azerbaijan\u2019s diplomatic relations with Israel, which Iran\u2019s Shiite theocracy views as its main enemy in the region.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-election-ebrahim-raisi-judiciary-turnout-middle-east-4d60554fd608a5dea2c76a303ec352d8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Raisi, 63,<\/a> is a hard-liner who formerly led the country\u2019s judiciary. He is viewed as a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of 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>Raisi <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-iran-iran-nuclear-biden-inauguration-fe35a7b837d2b7966840cf14030f9073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>won Iran\u2019s 2021 presidential election,<\/a> a vote that saw the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic\u2019s history. Raisi is sanctioned by the U.S. 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/helicopter-carrying-irans-president-suffers-a-hard-landing-state-tv-says-without-further-details\/\" title=\"Iran's president's helicopter makes rough landing, state TV reports without details\">continued arming proxy groups<\/a> in the Mideast, like Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels and Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, mass protests in the country have raged for years. The most recent involved the 2022 death of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/eu-sakharov-prize-masha-amini-5a24ba82e8b7819afae72e9dff4bc25e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mahsa Amini,<\/a> a woman who had been earlier detained over allegedly not wearing a hijab, or headscarf, to the liking of authorities. The monthslong security crackdown that followed the demonstrations killed more than 500 people and saw over 22,000 detained.<\/p>\n<p>In March, a United Nations investigative panel found that Iran was responsible for the \u201cphysical violence\u201d that led to Amini\u2019s death.<\/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>The U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/State-Department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>State Department<\/a> said it was \u201cclosely following reports of a possible hard landing of a helicopter in Iran carrying the Iranian president and foreign minister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added: \u201cWe have no further comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A helicopter transporting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi experienced a &#8220;hard landing&#8221; as reported by Iranian state media. Urgent prayers were requested for Raisi and passengers. 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