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Crash site of helicopter carrying Iran's Raisi located

20 May

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The crash site of the helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has been located, Iranian state news agency IRNA and Tasnim reported on Monday.

The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, Pir Hossein Kolivand, confirmed that the helicopter had been located and that they are able to see it from a distance of some 2 kilometers away.

"The helicopter conditions are not good and we are within two kilometers of the helicopter; we will reach the crash site in a few minutes and we will inform people more accurately," Kolivand was quoted as having said by the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

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