Iranian state media reported that President Ebrahim Raisi died on Monday after his helicopter crashed in a mountainous region of the country.
Iranian state media reported that President Ebrahim Raisi died on Monday after his helicopter crashed in a mountainous region of the country. Raisi was traveling with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who also died in the accident.
Rescue teams had been scouring the area since Sunday afternoon after the helicopter carrying Raisi, the foreign minister, and other officials went missing. Early Monday, relief workers located the missing helicopter, with state TV announcing the president’s death.
“The servant of the Iranian nation, Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi, has achieved the highest level of martyrdom whilst serving the people,” state television said Monday, with Mehr news agency also confirming his death.
State television broadcast photos of Raisi, with the voice of a man reciting the Quran playing in the background.
Iran’s vice president for executive affairs, Mohsen Mansouri, posted on X a Quranic verse used to express condolences.