According to Russian sources, the president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, is dead. According to the same sources, his helicopter was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile, probably MANPADS.
There were three helicopters in the presidential convoy. The only thing that didn't make it was the helicopter of the Iranian president. The remaining two landed safely in Tabriz, a large city in northwestern Iran.
The official IRNA news agency said Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was among those aboard the helicopter, as were the governor of the province and the region's chief imam.
Western and Israeli intelligence agencies come to the same assessment regarding the death of E. Raisi. But they report that this happened due to bad weather conditions and perhaps lack of maintenance.
"Iran's president did not survive the helicopter crash," Israeli media Kann reported, while Israeli Channel 12 reporter Dafna Liel emphasized that"According to assessments by Israeli and Western agencies, Iran's president did not survive."
"Israel is not related to the crash of the helicopter of the Iranian president. We made it clear through unofficial channels," added meaningfully Israeli officials who spoke to Israel's Channel 13.
Officials in Israel & other unspecified countries estimate: Iranian President Raisi died in helicopter crash; Jerusalem makes clear via unofficial channels that Israel had nothing to do with accident. @kann_news & @ynetalerts
Iranian defense and security analyst Farzin Nadimi stressed that helicopters used for high-ranking officials can transmit their exact location in the event of a crash, unless an explosion has disabled all the aircraft's systems, including the emergency system.
"It is possible that a bomb exploded inside or due to pilot error and insufficient visibility, the helicopter collided with a rock or the top of a hill, resulting in its sudden destruction," he added, noting that all possibilities are open.
In the wider area, the 65th Airborne Brigade and the Saberin special forces of the Iranian Guards are deployed to help locate the helicopter.
Russia and Turkey have said they are ready to help in the search for Iran's president. In fact, Tehran has already asked Ankara for helicopters with night vision equipment for search and rescue operations.
The head of Iran's Red Crescent told the Fars news agency that 40 rapid response teams are currently searching for Raees' helicopter.
A significant force of Iranian security and military personnel is being deployed in the capital Tehran with members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) taking up positions near several government buildings
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