STORY: :: Iranians say they will ‘get through the tough times’ as they mourn the late President Ebrahim Raisi :: Raisi died in a helicopter crash while crossing mountains in heavy fog :: May 20, 2024 :: Tehran, Iran UNIDENTIFIED MAN :: “Iran will definitely get through this, we have experienced tougher times. He is […]
Last night Iran confirmed that its president and foreign minister died in a helicopter crash. The condolences from sympathetic regimes were swift. The PRC declared that the Chinese people had lost a good friend. The Kremlin mourned a reliable partner and Prime Minister Orban of Hungary, whose government has pursued deeper trade relations with Tehran […]
icon Semafor Signals Supported by Microsoft logo Insights from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Iran International, and Al-Monitor Arrow Down Title icon The News Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in mountains near the Azerbaijan-Iran border. He was 63. Raisi was traveling with the Iranian foreign minister, who has also […]
Memorial ceremonies for President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian are planned in Iran for Tuesday after they were killed in a helicopter crash. The Iranian news agency Tasnim reported that a ceremony is planned in the north-west in the provincial capital of Tabris in the morning, followed by a ceremony in the religious […]
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was a “true friend” to Russia and was admired both at home and abroad, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a message on Monday, after it was confirmed that Raisi died in a helicopter crash a day earlier. Raisi “was rightly highly respected by his compatriots and enjoyed great prestige abroad,” […]
Iran’s President, Ebrahim Raisi, has been killed in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area of north-western Iran, the country’s state media has said. He was travelling with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several others. A large search and rescue operation to try and locate the aircraft was launched on Sunday – with Russia and […]
Rescue workers have found no signs of survivors at the crash site of the helicopter of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, state media reported. There was initially no official confirmation of the whereabouts of the nine people on board the aircraft, which are believed to include Raisi and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. Rescue teams arrived […]
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protege of the country’s supreme leader, has died aged 63. Mr Raisi helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel. His death, along with Iran’s foreign minister and […]
By Parisa Hafezi and Yomna Ehab DUBAI (Reuters) -Hopes are fading that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have survived a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday after search teams located the wreckage. “President Raisi’s helicopter was completely burned in the crash … unfortunately, all […]
On Sunday, May 19, a helicopter transporting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian reportedly crashed while traveling through mountainous terrain, according to Reuters. The officials were said to be traveling back from a visit to Azerbajian, located across the northern border of Iran. Sources indicate that the trip to the Azerbajain border […]
Iran’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi has long been seen as a protege to Iran’s supreme leader and a potential successor for his position within the country’s Shiite theocracy. News of his helicopter making what state media described as a “hard landing” on Sunday immediately brought new attention to the leader, who already faces sanctions from […]
DUBAI (Reuters) -A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog on the way back from a visit to the border with Azerbaijan, an Iranian official told Reuters. The official said the lives of Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were […]