Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on Iran President helicopter crash

Published: May 19, 2024, 9:44 p.m.

Thick fog and limited daylight is hampering efforts to find Iran's president, Ebrahim Raisi and other officials.

The convoy of three helicopters was on its way back to Tehran, and one was forced to make a "hard landing" due to the bad weather and fog near the border with Azerbaijan.

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking \u201cThey still haven't found the crash site.\u201d\xa0

Arnold said \u201cRaisi is known as the \u2018Butcher of Tehran\u2019, he brought in the execution of thousands of political dissidents in the late 80s.\u201d\xa0

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