Rescuers recover bodies of Iranian President, entourages from crash site

The head of the Iranian Red Crescent announced that rescuers located and recovered the bodies of all those aboard the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi.

"We are in the process of transferring the bodies of the martyrs to Tabriz" in Iran's northwest, Red Crescent chief Pirhossein Koolivand told state TV, adding that "the search operations have come to an end."

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The crash site of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and his accompanying delegation was also found in East Azerbaijan Province, northeast Iran.

Iranian media reported that all passengers aboard the aircraft, including President Ibrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, had died.

Iranian sources also reported that some bodies aboard the helicopter had been burned, which led to some not being identified.

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