Rescue crews have finally reached the site of the helicopter crash carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi near the border with Azerbaijan, prompting fears for his life and the lives of those on board.

“We can see the wreckage, and the situation does not look good,” Pirhossein Kolivand, head of Iran’s Red Crescent, told state TV.

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