Iranian navy investigates the reason for the helicopter crash of President Raisi

CNN Indonesia

Monday, 20 Could 2024 23:15 IWST

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —

Chief of Army Employees Iran Mohammad Bagheri ordered an investigation into the reason for the helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage on Monday (20/5).

Bagheri ordered “a high-level committee to launch an investigation into the causes of the presidential helicopter crash” that occurred on Sunday (19/5), ISNA information company reported, reported from AFP.

In the meantime, members of the UN Safety Council noticed a second of silence in reminiscence of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his aides who died in a helicopter crash.

Mozambican Ambassador Pedro Comissario Afonso, who assumed the rotating presidency of the UNSC in Could, referred to as on members to face and stay silent “as a result of lack of life within the tragedy that occurred to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi”.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was declared lifeless after the helicopter carrying him and eight others crashed in East Azerbaijan Province, northern Iran, Sunday (19/5) native time.

Along with Raisi, the helicopter additionally carried Iran’s Overseas Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Governor of East Azerbaijan Province Malek Rahmati, Tabriz Friday prayer chief Imam Mohammad Ali Alehashem, pilot, co-pilot, crew chief, safety chief and different bodyguards.

A number of native media stories mentioned the helicopter could have crashed right into a hill. Nevertheless, the report has not been confirmed by the authorities.

The accident occurred after Raisi attended the opening of a dam on the border with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

The place the place the helicopter crashed was additionally just a few kilometers from the dam web site, simply in an inland space close to the Dizmar Protection Space.

Three helicopters together with the one carrying Raisi have been flying collectively. Raisi’s helicopter crashed, and two different helicopters carrying different officers and ministers managed to achieve their vacation spot safely.

(AFP/from)