Iraq has instructed its interior ministry, the Red Crescent and other relevant bodies to offer help to neighboring Iran and assist in the search after the Iranian president's helicopter crashed.
A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi takes off, May 19, 2024. Ali Hamed Haghdoust/IRNA/WANA via Reuters
Iraq has instructed its interior ministry, the Red Crescent and other relevant bodies to offer help to neighboring Iran and assist in the search after the Iranian president's helicopter crashed in mountainous terrain, the Iraqi government said in a statement on Sunday.
Search efforts are underway to locate the wreckage of the aircraft and any possible survivors.
According to sources in Tehran, the Iranian president has likely perished in the crash.
Iran wants to charge fees for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz as part of its proposals to end the war with Israel and the United States after blocking most traffic through the crucial energy waterway for weeks.
Qatar's Prime Minister has issued one of the Gulf's most direct condemnations of Iran's military campaign, demanding an immediate halt to what he called "unjustified Iranian attacks" on Qatar and neighbouring countries.
Iran's newly designated Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is unconscious and in a critical condition following the same American-Israeli airstrike that killed his father on February 28, the British newspaper The Times has reported.
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