Publish Date: 23 February 2023 - 18:00

TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) – A helicopter carrying the Iranian Minister of Sport and Youths Hamid Sajjadi and his accompanying delegation crashed on Thursday in the Baft city of Kerman Province.

The incident took place while the helicopter was landing in a sports complex in the Baft city of Kerman Province.

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.

RHM/