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The incident occurred near Jolfa City, which borders Azerbaijan and is about 600km northwest of Tehran. At that time, the helicopter was transporting President Raisi to East Azerbaijan province.
Iran's state television channel on May 19 quoted initial reports saying that the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi had to make an emergency landing and rescue teams were trying to reach the scene as soon as possible.
The incident occurred near the city of Jolfa, which borders Azerbaijan and is about 600km northwest of the capital Tehran. At that time, the helicopter was carrying President Raisi to move in Iran's East Azerbaijan province.
Search and rescue teams are currently on the scene but efforts are being hampered by bad weather with heavy rain, fog and light winds.
Earlier, President Raisi arrived in Azerbaijan early on May 19 to attend the inauguration ceremony of a dam with his host counterpart Ilham Aliyev. This is the third dam built by the two countries on the Aras River.
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