The Bell 212 helicopter carrying late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, crashed owing to the poor visibility, bad weather conditions and exceeding its prescribed passenger capacity by two persons ...

A Bell 212 helicopter carrying Iran's president and foreign minister crashed on Sunday, according to Iranian state media, as it flew through mountains in heavy fog. All are feared dead ...

Six others also died. The aircraft was identified as a 40-year-old U.S.-built Bell 212 model, according to Reuters. Iran media said the cause was a technical failure, the New York Times reported.

May 20 (Reuters) - The helicopter that crashed in Iran on Sunday, killing the country's president and foreign minister in mountain fog, was a Bell 212 model, Iranian state media reported.

The helicopter that crashed while carrying the Iranian president through mountainous fog was a U.S.-designed Bell 212, according to state media and photographs verified by The Washington Post.