Bodies of Iran copter crash victims recovered

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Rescue workers have recovered bodies of several victims who perished in a helicopter crash in Varzaqan region in Iran's East Azerbaijan province on May 19.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Red Crescent workers recovered bodies of the helicopter crash victims in Iran on Monday.

00:08 Rescue personnel experienced problems of making their way into the mountainous area in the

00:13 Varzakhan region, where the helicopter went down on Sunday.

00:17 More than 65 emergency rescue teams have been dispatched to the site, but unfavorable weather

00:22 condition including fog and rain has hampered the efforts.

00:26 Media reports said the helicopter wreckage was found by rescuers early Monday.

00:30 The Bell 212 helicopter took off at the Iranian-Azerbaijan border after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi

00:37 made an official visit to the Khoda Afarin Dam and hydroelectric facility.

00:42 All nine people, including Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and four

00:49 other officials and bodyguards on board the helicopter, perished.

00:53 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced five days of national mourning following

00:58 the crash, saying that first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber will take over as "interim

01:04 president".

01:05 Under the country's constitution, a new presidential election must be held within 50 days.

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