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 Iran mourns the death of Ebrahim Raisi

The president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi has died along with his foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian after the helicopter they were traveling in had an accident in the northwest of the country.

The President's death has been announced by Iran's national television after efforts to reach the scene took several hours due to bad weather.

the leader of Iran, his Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian, the Governor of the eastern Azerbaijan region bordering Iran and other officials have died in the helicopter crash that occurred on Sunday.

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the convoy was heading to the city of Tabriz in the northwest of Iran, after the President participated in the opening ceremony of the joint project of a power generating dam on the border area with Azerbaijan.

fear spread throughout the day after the helicopter, which according to the Tasnim news agency had a total of nine passengers including the leader, lost contact. However, the reasons for the accident have not yet been released.

Major efforts to reach the crash site were delayed by bad weather

Early on Monday, Turkish authorities released drone footage showing what appeared to be fire and the wreckage of the helicopter 20 kilometers south of the Iran-Azerbaijani border in a mountainous area.

a picture showing the location where the helicopter crash occurred that caused the death of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi

The remains of the vessel have been found after an all-night effort to reach the area while the weather was reported to be bad. The head of Iran's Red Crescent, Pir Hossein Kolivand, was quoted as saying that there were no signs of the helicopter's passengers being alive after rescue teams arrived at the crash site.

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due to the tragedy, the main religious and political leader of Iran Ali Khamenei has announced five days of national mourning.

Rescue efforts to reach the crash site of the helicopter carrying the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi

Khamenei has also confirmed the first vice president Mohammad Mokhber as the transitional leader of the nation until the elections are held while the high-level delegate in Iran's nuclear affairs Ali Bagheri has been appointed to act as the minister of foreign affairs, now the nation has time not less than 50 days to hold an election to find the successor of the President.