One Dead As Helicopter Carrying Ballot Boxes Crashes In Iran - State Media

Umer Jamshaid Published June 19, 2021 | 03:42 PM

A helicopter carrying ballot boxes for presidential and municipal elections has crashed in southwestern Iran, leaving one person dead and 11 others injured, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on Saturday

TEHRAN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th June, 2021) A helicopter carrying ballot boxes for presidential and municipal elections has crashed in southwestern Iran, leaving one person dead and 11 others injured, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

"As a result of this incident, one of the passengers, who is reported to have been a law enforcement officer who guarded the ballot boxes, was killed and 11 others were injured," Khuzestan Province governor Qasem Soleimani Dashtaki told the media outlet.