Helicopter crashes in Iran, casualties reported

Baku. 4 March. REPORT.AZ/ Iran's state TV is reporting that five people were killed after a rescue helicopter crashed in the country's western province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari.

The TV says the helicopter was trying to airlift a pregnant woman, but did not make it to her location on Monday.

Pirhossein Koulivand, head of the country's emergency medical services, told the TV that three of the five aboard were the flight crew and two were rescue workers.