May 21, 2024, 1:51 PM

Iran’s Alipour donates gold medal to martyred President

Iran’s Alipour donates gold medal to martyred President

TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – Iranian Para Athletics champion Amir-Hossein Alipour has donated his gold medal at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships to martyred President Ebrahim Raeisi.

In the Men’s Shot Put F11 final, Alipour won the gold medal with 14.61 meters. He also broke the championship record and won a place at the 2024 Paralympic Games.

Alipour donated his gold medal to martyred President Raeisi, who became a martyr in a copter crash on Sunday. 

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.

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