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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the nation's foreign minister and
other authorities were stated dead from a helicopter crash, Iranian
state media stated on Monday.
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Last month, Raisi commemorated Iran's attack on Israel following an airstrike
in Damascus that eliminated 7 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps. Iran blamed Israel for the battle, however Israel never ever declared
duty. Israel stated it and its allies obstructed 99% of the rockets and drones
Iran fired throughout its vindictive strike.
Iran's president is the head of its federal government, however the nation is
ruled by Khamenei, its supreme leader.
The Iranian federal government held an emergency situation conference
following the statement of Raisi's death and later Iran's supreme leader, Ali
Khamenei, called First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as acting president.
Khamenei likewise revealed 5 days of grieving would occur in the nation.
Rescue groups browsed extremely for the helicopter.
Previously, IRNA reported that the president of the Iranian Red Crescent
Society validated that rescue and search groups had actually determined
Raisi's helicopter.
When he entered into workplace, Raisi stated Iran would continue to honor its
nuclear handle the U.S., in spite of then-President Donald Trump's choice to
take out of the arrangement in 2018.
The crash left Iran without 2 of its most critical diplomatic figures as local
stress stay high from the continuous Israel-Hamas war.
Still, Raisi has actually been deemed more of a hard-liner than his
predecessor, previous Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.
No instant cause for the crash was supplied, however state media launched
images online revealing what it called was the wreckage from the helicopter
the group was taking a trip in. The helicopter crashed in foggy conditions in
a mountainous location in northern Iran as they returned from an occasion
along Iran's border with Azerbaijan.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the nation's foreign minister and other
authorities were stated dead from a helicopter crash, Iranian state media
stated on Monday.
Iran's supreme leader sets nationwide policies and monitors their application
and likewise manages the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and police,
according to the Council on Foreign Relations.
On Sunday, Iran's Interior Minister, Ahmad Vahidi, stated a "tough landing" of
the president's helicopter and stated the search-and-rescue operation were
underway, according to IRNA.
The Fars News Agency published what it stated was video footage of rescue
groups that had actually been dispatched to the location. Previously in the
day, the Iranian federal government's X account published a picture of Raisi
seated beside Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliyev, at the opening of a dam
along the border in between the 2 nations.
Raisi was chosen in 2021 and is a relative hard-liner
A previous cleric and judge, Raisi was chosen president in 2021.
Iranian state-run media revealed Raisi's death in a post on Monday, in
addition to the deaths of Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the guv of
Iran's East Azerbaijan province and other federal government authorities who
were aboard the helicopter
Iran's constitution determines that if the president passes away while in
workplace, the very first vice president takes control of with the approval of
the nation's supreme leader, Reuters reported. A brand-new election needs to
then be held within 50 days.
Immediate global response originated from Iran's next-door neighbors.
Pakistan's federal government revealed it would observe a day of grieving over
the news. In Russia, President Vladimir Putin sent his acknowledgements to
Khamenei, Russian state media reported.
IRNA reported that 2 travelers on the flight had actually interacted with
rescue employees. Twenty rescue groups, consisting of drones and pet dogs, had
actually been sent out to the scene, and the Iranian armed force had actually
likewise released soldiers to help in the rescue effort, IRNA included.
