The commanders of the army and the IRGC met with the families of the victims of the President's flight

Once at the crash site, which was at an altitude of around 2,200m (7,200ft), they found “no signs of life”, Mr Kolivand told state TV. State TV also broadcast grainy footage of the crash site on a mountainside, as seen from across a valley. It appeared to show the blue-and-white tail of a helicopter next to a number of burnt shrubs. Later, after the death of President Raisi and the others on board had been announced, state TV broadcast footage showing a correspondent standing in front of the tail and what appeared to be other parts of the wreckage. State news agency Irna also posted video showing rescuers carrying a body wrapped in a blanket in a stretcher. The bodies were recovered and transferred to a cemetery in Tabriz, state TV said.