Iranian Sports Minister suffers from brain injury in a helicopter crash

 

The sports minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hamid Sajjadi, suffered from a brain haemorrhage after a helicopter crashed during landing in Kerman province on Thursday.

The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports of Iran suffered a head injury in the accident. The tragic incident took place when the helicopter was landing at a stadium in the town of Baft on Thursday.

According to the official IRNA news agency, one person was killed and 15 others were injured during the tragic incident. Hamid Sajjadi’s adviser, Esmail Ahmadi, died in a helicopter crash.

Reportedly, around 16 people were on board when the incident took place. According to the Red Crescent Society in Kerman, the helicopter crashed from a height of around 10 to 15 meters. Reportedly, 12 passengers and 4 crew members got injured due to a helicopter crash.

Mohammad-Mehdi Fadakar, the provincial governor of Kerman province, has said that the cause of the crash is currently being investigated. Mohammad Saberi, the head of the Red Crescent in the province, said, "The sports minister has a brain haemorrhage but his general condition is stable.”

The sports minister of Iran was sanctioned by the European Union in January over the death of a young woman in police custody in the country.

In recent months, the European Union and the United States imposed sanctions on many Iranians and entities in Iran over the death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini. The EU and the US accused Iran of violently suppressing protests in the Islamic Republic sparked by the death of Amini.

Recently, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog, said that Iran was also planning a massive expansion of its enrichment capacity at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP). Western countries condemned Iran’s latest action to further expand its nuclear programme.