Video Shows Iran President Inside Helicopter Before Deadly Crash
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The video shows the Iranian leader looking out of an aircraft window as the camera pans to show several senior officials.
Hours before Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash that also killed his foreign minister and eight other senior officials, Iran state media shared videos of the leader on board the chopper on Sunday. ایرانی صدر ابراہیم رئیسائی کا آخری سفر، ہیلی کاپٹر حادثے سے پہلے ڈیم کے فضائی دورے کی ویڈیو۔۔!!#Iranpic.twitter.com/LOn5h1Lsdq
The video shows the Iranian leader looking out of an aircraft window as the camera pans to show several senior officials including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian seated opposite him.
In a clip, shared by Iran video, the President can be seen meeting officials before he boarded the chopper. Approximately 30 minutes after the aircraft took off, contact was lost with it. Nearly 16 hours after that, the mangled wreckage of the helicopter was found on a mountain peak.
