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President of Iran in Helicopter Crash

Rescue teams trying to reach the area are being hampered by difficult weather conditions, officials tell state media.

Heavy fog has reduced visibility in the area where it is thought the aircraft may have landed or crashed, according to a local media outlet. A reporter with Fars news agency, who is out with the emergency search units, says locating the aircraft will be difficult given the conditions. The area is about fifty kilometres to the north of Tabriz, the capital of the east Azerbaijan province, near the town of Varzeqan.

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