May 20, 2024, 8:19 PM
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Iran begins probe into Raisi helicopter crash

May 20, 2024, 8:19 PM
News ID: 85484195
Iran begins probe into Raisi helicopter crash

Tehran, IRNA – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri has assigned a high-ranking delegation to investigate into the case of a helicopter crash in which President Ebrahim Raisi and his accompanying team were martyred.

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 Varzaqan, northwestern Iran, on Sunday.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and a number of senior provincial officials were also on board the helicopter who were all martyred.

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