Iranian President Raisi Pronounced Deceased in Helicopter Crash
Raisi's aircraft crashed yesterday (May 19) near the Iran-Azerbaijan border.
(Tehran, Iran) Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Hossein Amirabdollahian have been declared deceased in the helicopter crash that occurred yesterday near the Iran-Azerbaijan border.
Photo of the deceased former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi courtesy of AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi via euronews.
“The Iranian nation has lost a sincere, devoted and valuable servant,” said Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a statement today (May 20) as he declared five days of national mourning.
Ali Khamenei named first vice-president Mohammad Mokhber as interim leader of the government, in accordance with Iran’s constitution, and noted in his statement that the country needs to prepare for the election of a new president within a maximum of 50 days, according to the Financial Times.
