Ebrahim Raïssi, late Iranian president
Disappearance of the Iranian president. The death of Ebrahim Raïssi was confirmed, Monday May 20, 2024, by emergency sources, learns IRNA, Iranian news agency.
The Iranian head of state died in a helicopter accident on Sunday May 20, 2024. The tragedy occurred in the province of Eastern Azerbaijan, in the northwest of Iran. The president was killed along with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and several other officials, all on board the plane during the crash.
Ebrahim Raïssi’s plane returned to Tehran after the inauguration of a dam on the Aras River on Sunday in a border area in the province of East Azerbaijan, in the company of his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev.
According to IRNA, the presidential convoy was made up of three helicopters, carrying the head of the Iranian government and several ministers and officials. The Source specifies that two of the three helicopters were able to land safely, but the weather conditions caused the sad incident for the president’s.
The remains of the president and the other passengers in the helicopter were recovered by emergency services after several hours of searching in the mountainous area where the tragedy took place.
Born in 1960, Ebrahim Raïssi had ruled Iran for 3 years. He was deputy prosecutor of Tehran from 1985 then prosecutor general from 2014 to 2016. The deceased held the position of first vice-president of the Assembly of Experts. Mohammad Mokhber, 68 years old, until then first vice-president should act as Ebrahim Raïssi before the organization of presidential elections in less than two months.
