Fears had been growing for the 63-year-old ultraconservative after contact was lost with the aircraft carrying him as well as Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and others in East Azerbaijan province on Sunday, reports said.'Upon finding the helicopter, there was no sign of the helicopter passengers being alive as of yet,' state TV reported about 15 hours after the aircraft went missing.
''We hope that Almighty God will bring our dear president and his companions back in full health into the arms of the nation,' he said in a nationally televised address as Muslim faithful prayed for Raisi's safe return.Expressions of concern and offers to help came from abroad, including Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Russia and Turkey, as well as from the European Union which activated its rapid response mapping service to aid in the search effort.
President Raisi's Helicopter Found 'No Sign Of Life'
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