Iran lost two of its most powerful leaders during a period of internal and geopolitical unrest with the passing of its foreign minister and president, Ebrahim Raisi.
Rescuers discovered the aircraft’s wreckage, which included the president and foreign minister, after searching a steep region covered in dense woodland.
Experts claim that aging helicopters are an indication of the toll sanctions have had on Iran.
Although the president Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter accident on Monday was attributed to a “technical failure,” some analysts speculated that the atrophy of Iran’s aviation fleet due to decades of international sanctions may have been a contributing factor.
Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran has been subject to stringent international sanctions, notably ones imposed by the United States that for many years prohibited the Islamic Republic from purchasing new Western aircraft and replacement parts.
Ahaber, a Turkish broadcaster, captured footage purportedly showing damaged wreckage from the helicopter crash site in a misty, heavily forested region of northwest Iran. The Bell 212 helicopter went down on Sunday in a hilly terrain, according to Iranian state media.
More information regarding the other victims of the helicopter tragedy has surfaced. In addition to Raisi and Amir Abdollahian, Malek Rahmati, the governor of the province of East Azerbaijan, and Mehdi Mousavi, the leader of Raisi’s security detail, also perished, according to the Iranian state news agency, IRNA. It was also said that they were accompanied by the supreme leader’s local representative, Muhammad Ali Al-e-Hashem.
Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced that Tuesday morning’s public funeral procession for Iran’s president and foreign minister will take place in the northwest city of Tabriz. After that, he claimed, the bodies would be transported to Tehran for a formal funeral.
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