China ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Iran President’s Helicopter Accident

Rescuers gather before heading towards the crash site of a helicopter in the convoy of Iran's President in the Jolfa region of the western province of East Azerbaijan. AZIN HAGHIGHI / MojNews / AFP

China said on Monday it was “deeply concerned” after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter went missing in what Tehran’s state media described as an accident and pledged to help the rescue operation.

Contact was lost with the aircraft carrying Raisi, as well as Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and others, in East Azerbaijan province in northwest Iran on Sunday, reports said.

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