Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died in a helicopter crash in East Azerbaijan province on Sunday. The helicopter crashed in the Dizmar forest, located between the cities of Varzaqan and Jolfa.
The crash claimed the lives of all onboard, including East Azerbaijan Governor Malek Rahmati, Tabriz’s Friday Prayers leader Seyyed Mohammad Ali Al-e Hashem, bodyguard Mahdi Mousavi, and the helicopter’s pilot, co-pilot, and crew, Iranian state media reported. The delegation was returning from a ceremony marking the inauguration of a dam on the Aras River, attended by Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.
The Iranian cabinet held an emergency session led by Vice President Mohammad Mokhber. The cabinet issued a statement extending condolences to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and the Iranian nation. disruption.
Ayatollah Khamenei on Sunday said the nation should not be worried or anxious, because “there will be no disruption to the work of the country.”
