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How did Bayraktar Akıncı find wreckage of Raisi’s downed helicopter?

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash. The wreckage, which fell in a mountainous area and could not be located by Iranian teams, was found by the AKINCI UAV sent from Türkiye. The information obtained from surveillance was shared with Iran in real time.

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According to information obtained from security sources, following the receipt of the news that the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian had crashed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Ministry of National Defense at 20:00 on May 19 of Iran's request for assistance with a night-vision search and rescue helicopter.