Helicopter in convoy carrying Iranian President suffers ‘accident’ as rescuers rush to crash site

A HELICOPTER in a convoy of three in which Iranian President was travelling was involved in an accident today.

Ebrahim Raisi was travelling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province on Sunday.

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Ebrahim Raisi (left) was travelling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province on Sunday[/caption]

State TV described the area of the incident happening as being near Jolfa, a city on the border with with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Raisi had been in Azerbaijan early Sunday to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.

The dam is the third one that the two nations built on the Aras River.