Ismail Ahmadi, an adviser to Iran's Sports Minister, died Thursday in a helicopter crash in the southern Iranian city of Baft. This was reported by IRNA news agency citing hospital sources.

The agency had earlier reported that the helicopter carrying Iran's Sports Minister Seyyed Hamid Sajjadi Hazaveh lost control when landing. According to Mohammad Mehdi Fadakar, governor of the southeastern province of Kerman, 13 people, including the minister, were hospitalized. The agency, citing eyewitnesses, specified that two people were seriously injured.