Iranian president’s helicopter crashes in possible hard landing incident – rescue operation ongoing
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has made an emergency landing near the city of Varzeqan near the Iranian-Azerbaijani border, the IRNA news agency reported.
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