For the Record (5)

By WITH ANALYSIS FROM MONITOR CORRESPONDENTS AROUND THE WORKD; EDITED BY RANDY SHIPP

August 18, 1980

Iranian President Abolhassan Bani- Sadr escaped unhurt from the wreckage of his helicopter when it crashed Friday night after developing technical problems. He was making a night tour of the troubled border zone with Iraq in western Kirmanshahan Province.

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