The helicopter carrying President Raisi and his accompanying delegation crashed on Sunday in the Dizmar forest, nestled between the cities of Varzaghan and Jolfa in East Azarbaijan Province.
It was transporting Raisi, Amir-Abdollahian, East Azarbaijan Governor Malek Rahmati, Friday Prayers leader of Tabriz city Mohammad Ali Al-e Hashem and a member of the president’s bodyguard team Mahdi Mousavi. The helicopter’s pilot, co-pilot and crew were also among others on board the chopper.
President Raisi and his accompanying delegation were returning from a ceremony to inaugurate a dam on the Aras River with Azarbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.
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