WATCH: Iran deploys rescue teams to site of helicopter incident involving President Raisi

In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue team members search for the wreckage of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 ©AP

Iranian state media broadcast footage of rescue teams searching for a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

It said what it called a “hard landing” happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometres northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.

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