Iran ‘asked for assistance’ in wake of Raisi helicopter crash, US says

Iranian officials “asked for assistance” from the United States in the search for the downed helicopter of Iran’s late president Ebrahim Raisi, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s team.

“We were asked for assistance by the Iranian government,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said on Monday. “We did make clear to them that we would offer assistance, as we would do in response to any request by a foreign government in this sort of situation. And ultimately, we were not able to provide that assistance.”