Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on the border with Azerbaijan. The crash occurred on May 19.
This was reported by Mehr.
The helicopter's passengers, including Ebrahim Raeisi, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran's East Azerbaijan Province Governor Malek Rahmati, and Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, the representative of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution to East Azarbaijan province, along with several other people were martyred in the incident.
Updated at 07:55.
The death of President Raisi was confirmed by the country's Vice President, Mansouri. The Iranian government will hold an emergency meeting in connection with the deaths of the President and the Foreign Minister, according to Iranian media.
According to the country's Constitution, the First Vice President, Mohammad Mokhber, will perform the duties of the President of Iran until the elections.
The government will hold an emergency meeting today and issue a statement regarding the death of President Ebrahim Raisi. The Tasnim agency specifies that new elections will be announced within 50 days.
On Saturday, May 19, media outlets reported that the helicopter carrying the President had made a hard landing in the mountains.
The search operation for the helicopter lasted over 10 hours. Media reported that one of the helicopter's passengers had allegedly made contact. Later, Turkey sent a drone to assist in the search for Raisi, which discovered the helicopter wreckage.
