Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian have martyred in a helicopter crash in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan.
The helicopter carrying President Raeisi and his accompanying delegation crashed on Sunday in the Dizmar forest, nestled between the cities of Varzaqan and Jolfa in East Azarbaijan Province.
It was transporting Raeisi, Amir-Abdollahian, East Azarbaijan Governor Malek Rahmati, Friday Prayers leader of the city of Tabriz Seyyed Mohammad Ali Al-e Hashem, and a member of the president’s bodyguard team Mahdi Mousavi. The helicopter’s pilot, co-pilot, and crew were also among others on board the chopper.
President Raeisi and his accompanying delegation were returning from a ceremony to inaugurate a dam on the Aras River with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.
Following the tragic martyrdom of Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei declared a 5-day mourning in Iran.
On Tuesday, farewell ceremonies were held in Tabriz, Qom, and Tehran's Grand Mosalla Mosque, with the presence of hundreds of thousands of people.
The Wednesday funeral ceremony will be held at the University of Tehran on Wednesday morning. A commemoration ceremony is set to be held on Wednesday afternoon in the presence of high-ranking foreign deletions. The body of martyr Raeisi would be transferred to South Khorasan Province on Thursday for another funeral before final destination, the Holy city of Mashhad in Razavi Khorasan Province.
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The chief of the political bureau of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas Ismail Haniyeh and the Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem also attended the ceremony.
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More crowds of people moving toward the University of Tehran
At 7:00 in the morning, the ceremony began at the University of Tehran.
Despite the fact that the ceremony has not been officially kicked off, the streets leading to where the ceremony is scheduled to be held are already filled with crowds of people.
"It's an honor that I voted for a martyr," reads a banner.
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