A helicopter carrying Iran’s sports minister crashed in south-central Iran on Thursday, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The helicopter crashed as it was about to land in the sport complex of Baft, a city in Kerman province, IRNA reported, citing an eyewitness.
“Eyewitnesses say that the condition of the minister is good and he was taken to the hospital along with other companions for treatment of minor injuries”, it said.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, IRNA cited Kerman’s governor, Mohammad-Mehdi Fadakar, as saying.