Reports from Iranian state television via Reuters reveal that a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi encountered a crash while traversing mountainous terrain amidst heavy fog on Sunday. The severity of the situation prompted an emergency meeting convened by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, with the National Security Council.

The chopper, reportedly ferrying President Raisi, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials, was returning from a visit to the border region with Azerbaijan in Iran's northwest when the accident occurred. Iranian officials, as cited by Reuters, expressed concerns about the safety of both President Raisi and Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian in the aftermath of the crash.

The incident took place near Jolfa, situated on the border with Azerbaijan, in Iran's East Azerbaijan province, approximately 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of Tehran, the Iranian capital. Described as a "forest" area by Iranian state media outlet IRNA, the crash site remains within a rugged landscape.

Despite these reports, the Iranian government has yet to issue an official confirmation regarding the incident.