MON MAY 20 2024-theGBJournal|Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian President has died after his helicopter crashed on Sunday.
Raisi’s helicopter, was en route to Tabriz City on Sunday after he inaugurated Qiz Qalasi Dam at the border with the Azerbaijan Republic earlier in the day.
”Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, East Azarbaijan Province’s Governor Malek Rahmati, and Mehdi Mousavi, the head of Raisi’s guard team were on board the crashed aircraft as well. Mohammad Ali Al-e-Hashem, the Supreme Leader’s representative in the province also accompanied them,” the Islamic Republic news agency reports.
The news agency said ”Local officials present at the crash site have confirmed the martyrdom of Raisi and his accompanying team.”
Ebrahim Raisi, 64, was born in the holy city of Mashhad. He was elected president in 2021.
Before that, he served as the judiciary chief, the general prosecutor and the vice-chairman of the Assembly of Experts. Raisi was also a member of the Expediency Council.
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