IRGC chief cmdr. travels to site of incident involving presidential helicopter
The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has traveled to the site of an incident involving the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raeisi in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan.
Major General Hossein Salami made the trip on Sunday after the aircraft that was transporting the chief executive and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian alongside others encountered some difficulties and was forced to make a "hard landing" in the province’s city of Jolfa.
A number of the Corps’ other commanders also accompanied Salami during the visit that was made so the top brass can examine the situation on the ground and issue relevant directives to expedite the search process.
The trip came after Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri ordered the mobilization of all resources and capabilities of the Army, the Corps, and the Police Command to assist in the search and rescue operations.
Servicemen enlisted with the Armed Forces turned up at the site and began carrying out search operations since the early moments that followed the incident.
The IRGC has also dispatched its provincial units and Sabereen Special Brigade to the site of the incident. It has also been deploying anti-fog flares as means of enhancing the visibility of the site of the search operations.
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