Helicopter crashes with Iranian sport minister on board

A helicopter carrying the Iranian Minister of Sport and Youth Hamid Sajjadi and his accompanying delegation crashed on Thursday in the city of Baft, Kerman Province.

According to Mehr news agency, the incident took place while the helicopter was landing in a sports complex in the city of Baft.

According to eyewitnesses 14 people, including the Iranian minister of sports and youth and the director general of Sports and Youth Office of Kerman Province, were seriously injured.

Media sources reported that the advisor to the Iranian sports minister lost his life in the incident.

ME