💠Iran in Mourning Over Martyrdom of President Raisi, Companions💠
Kayhan English newspaper / Tuesday 21 May 2024 / Year 1959 / Number 12260
💠Iran in Mourning Over Martyrdom of President Raisi, Companions💠
The crash took the lives of all eight people aboard a Bell 212 helicopter, according to the official IRNA news agency. Among the martyrs were Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, a senior cleric from Tabriz, a Islamic Revolution Guards Corps official and three crew members, IRNA said.
Iran has flown Bell helicopters extensively since the shah’s era. But aircraft in Iran face a shortage of parts because of Western sanctions.
“One of the main culprits of yesterday’s tragedy is the United States, which ... embargoed the sale of aircraft and aviation parts to Iran and does not allow the people of Iran to enjoy good aviation facilities,” former foreign minister Muhammad Javad Zarif told The Associated Press.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Muhammad Bagheri assigned a high-ranking delegation to investigate the cause of the crash.
The delegation headed by Brigadier Ali Abdollahi has been dispatched to the site of the incident and the investigation has already begun. The results of the investigations will be announced later when the mission is completed.
President Raisi was returning from a ceremony to open a dam on Iran’s border with Azerbaijan on Sunday when his helicopter crashed in Varzeghan, northwestern Iran.
💠Iran in Mourning Over Martyrdom of President Raisi, Companions💠
The crash took the lives of all eight people aboard a Bell 212 helicopter, according to the official IRNA news agency. Among the martyrs were Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, a senior cleric from Tabriz, a Islamic Revolution Guards Corps official and three crew members, IRNA said.
Iran has flown Bell helicopters extensively since the shah’s era. But aircraft in Iran face a shortage of parts because of Western sanctions.
“One of the main culprits of yesterday’s tragedy is the United States, which ... embargoed the sale of aircraft and aviation parts to Iran and does not allow the people of Iran to enjoy good aviation facilities,” former foreign minister Muhammad Javad Zarif told The Associated Press.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Muhammad Bagheri assigned a high-ranking delegation to investigate the cause of the crash.
The delegation headed by Brigadier Ali Abdollahi has been dispatched to the site of the incident and the investigation has already begun. The results of the investigations will be announced later when the mission is completed.
President Raisi was returning from a ceremony to open a dam on Iran’s border with Azerbaijan on Sunday when his helicopter crashed in Varzeghan, northwestern Iran.
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