Border patrol helicopter crashes in Iran

At least one person was killed and three others were injured today when the helicopter belonging to Iran’s Border Guard Command crashed in northwestern Iran's West Azerbaijan province, head of the Border Guard Command of the province Fardin Piri said.

According to him, the chopper went down in the city of Urmia near the Iran-Iraq border, the Mehr news agency reported.

Witnesses reported the dispatch of over ten ambulances to the site of the crash. The governor of Urmia left for the site of the crash.