Iran President Raisi Death: Supreme Leader Khameni Declares 5-days Of Mourning, Names Mohammed Mokhber As Interim Head

Iran envoy Amir Saeed Iravani has written letter to United Nations🍌 and UNSC following ♊the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his colleagues in a chopper crash.

Iravani in a letter said, "We believe the United Nations will join us in honoring their memory and sup✅porting the principles they worked tirelessly to advance. Your support and the support of the international community is very important in trying to overcome this disaster and continue the path of peace and development."

As per the latest update, the chopper has been located. Iran's Tasnim news Agency citied the head of Iranian Red Crescent and stated that the wreckage related to t🎶he crash has been found.

Following the crash on Sunday night, Iran's president brahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollaꦍhian have been assumed dead. However, as the helicopter was missing, there has been no confirmation of their deaths yet.

Based on the reports by state-run IRNA News, the helꦑicopter was carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran's East Azerbaijan province, other officials and bodyguards. The helicopter crashed amid Raisi's return from the East Azerbaijan region.

Earlier in the day, Turkish drones, lent for the searc𓃲h and re👍scue operations, detected a "source of heat". As per the intel offered, this source of heat was a possible lead to find the helicopter.

However, as rescue teams moved towards the site, no rem💝ains of the chopper were found.

As per state media, the rescue 👍teams are en-route to the location of the helicopter crash.

While the main reason as to why the helicopter crash is yet to be ascertaine🔥d, experts have stated that it was likely due to bad weather.

Initially it had been reported that the helicop𒊎ter had made an emergency landing d🌠ue to bad weather. However, later it was reported that the chopper likely crashed due to bad weather.

As per Iraniꦐan news media, rescue teams on the stie of the he𓆉licopter crash have found no sign of life.

Ebrahim Raisi is seen as the ultimate successor to Ira🌺nian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In case the rescue operations determine the death of the President, the first vice president Mohammed Mokhber would be elevated to the level of President.

Speaking to news agency Reuters, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter w🦩as "completely burnt" due to the crash.

After the wreckage of the helicopter crash was found, rescue teams on site have stated that there seems to be "no sign of life" at the site. An official confirmation from the Iranian government regarding෴ the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreig♑n Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is awaited.

After Raisi's death is confirmed, nex🐽t in the line of succession would be First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber.

However, Mokhber will only take office if his transfer is approv🌳ed by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Supreme Leader serves as the final arbiter of domestic and foreign affairs in the country.

A🤪s per state media, "no sign of life" has been detected at the crash site as of now. Iran's Red ꦜCrescent chief Kolivand told the state TV that all passengers are feared dead.

US Senate Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer has stated t🍎hat there is no evidence of “foul play” involving the helicopter crash carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. As per NBC News, this statement from Schumer comes after speaking with intelligence authorities.

The head ꦑof the Iranian Red Crescent has stated that the rescue teams have reached the site of the crash and have found 'no sign of survivors". As per the officials on site, the entire cabin of the helicopter has been significantly damaged and burned.

IRGC affiliate꧑d Sabereeen news has reported that President Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian and their entourage have all been killed in the heli💎copter crash in northwestern region of Iran.

Raisi's death has also confirmed by semi-officia🐷l Mehr News Agency.

Along with President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian,  Khamenei's representative in East Azerba🦹ijan, Mali𒀰k Rahmati, the governor of the province were also on board the helicopter.

All passeng🦋ers - government off🔯icials and flight and security teams have been feared dead as there is no trace of survivors.

President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Tabriz Friday Prayers imam Ayatollah Al-e Hashem, East Azarbaijan governor general Malek Rahmati, Raisi's bodyguard and the pilot have all been killed in the chopper crash in northwestern Iran. (This news was confirmed by various state news agencies in Iran)

Taking to social media platform X, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has off🌌ered his condolences to the family of deceased Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

"Deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic demise of Dr. Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. His contribution𓃲 to strengthening India-Iran bilateral rel𒊎ationship will always be remembered. My heartfelt condolences to his family and the people of Iran. India stands with Iran in this time of sorrow," stated PM Modi.

Raisi, along with the Iranian foreign minister and other ﷽top officials were confirmed dead after the helicopter carrying them crashed on Sunday night.

Following the confirmation of the death of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and eight otheꦓrs, Iranian state channels have been broadcasting prayer🦂s.

Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other top officials were declared 💞dea🤪d after a helicopter crash on Sunday night.

Following the official announcement of the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minis❀ter Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Iranian cabinet has convened an emergen🀅cy meeting.

Following Ebrahim Raisi's death, all eyes are now on Iran. The deaths of the President and Foreign minister come amid high tensions in the Middle East, especially due after Iran and Israel exchanged drone attacks last m🌱onth.

With the president now dead, all eyes are on the Islamic republic for its next move and to see the impact Raisi's death will have on the overall𓃲 geopolitical e🐟quation.

Several senior Iranian officials were also killed alongside Raisi in the hel🥂icopter𓄧 crash in the Dizmar forest, located between the cities of Varzaqan and Jolfa in East Azerbaijan province.

The officials include:

• Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian

• East Azerbaijan Governor Malek Rahmati

• Representative of the Iranian supreme leader in East Azerbaijan Mohamm🦩ad A♍li Ale-Hashem

• Head of presidential guard Mehdi Mousavi

• The helicopter’s pilot, co-pilot and crew

Iranian state broadcasters are airing Islamic prayers in between their news broadcasts following the announcement that President Ebrahim Raisi and eight othe🍃rs died after the helicopter they were traveling in crashed in ༺Iran's East Azerbaijan province. 

Iran's government convened🅺 an "urgent meeting" on M𒊎onday, according to Iranian state news agency IRNA.

A p🤪hoto shared by IRไNA showed that the chair that Raisi usually sits in was vacant and draped with a black sash in memory of the president.

Iran's government convened an "urgent meeting" on Mond♌ay following the announcement that President Ebrahim Raisi and the country's foreign minister were among those who died in a helicopter crash, according to Iranian state news agency IRNA.

The chair that Raisi usually sits in was vacant, and was draped with a black sash in memory of the preside♍nt, according to a photo 𝕴shared by state news.

The timing and details of a mourning procession will be an꧅nounced in the future, state media FARS News Agency reported.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and eight others officials were found dead on Monday after their💜 helicopter crashed in the East Azerbaijan province. Following the death of the president, leaders acorss the world have expressed their condolences.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani took to social media to express their shock over the sudden death of the 63-year-old leader. Read More Here

Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held US responsible for the chopper crash. Speaking in a television interview, Zarif stated that the US is partly responsible for the helicopteꦗr crash as the sanction imposed by Washington prevent Iranians from accessing quality aviation equipment.

• President Ebrahim Raisi

• Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian

• Mo🔴hammad Ali Ale-Hashem, the representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azarbaijan province

• East Azarbaijan Governor-General Malek Rahmati

• Second Brigadier General Mehdi Mousavi, the head of Raisi’s security te🌺am

• A member of IRGC’s Ansar al-Mahdi division

• The 🐬pilot, co-pilot, and cr🍃ew chief of the helicopter

The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and eight other officials hasꦯ brought the assassination of Qasem Soleimani once again into the spotlight.

Qasem Soleim♐ani was a top Iranian general of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from 1💮998 until his assassination in 2020.

Soleimani was often considered to be the right-hand man of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Kha🌠menei, and was regarded as the second-most powerful figure in the state behind Khamenei.

The general was killed by an American drone strike neaꩵr Baghdad Internatio♛nal Airport on January 3, 2020

Mohammad Mokhber, the first vice Presiden💙t of Iran has been approved has the acting president. Mokhber will be serving as the interim president of Iran following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas has mourned the death of Iran President Ebrahim Raisi, who it said had supported the Palestinian people during the ཧrecent war with Israel.

The body of Iranian Presiden꧑t Ebrahim Raisi was retrieved frꦜom the crash site on Monday in Iran.

Iran’s Cyber Police on Monday issued a statement threatening social media💮 users against posting content that could “provoke or disturb public emotions,” as large As a number of Iranians are cheering the death of Ebrahim Raisi and his accompanying delegation.

The Iranian Embassy in New Delhi has lowered its flag to hal𝓡f-mast following the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the Foreign Minister, and other officials in a helicoptꦉer crash.

Iran's Supreme leader Ay🐟atollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has declared five days of public mourning following the🍬 death of President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials in a helicopter crash in the country's northwestern area.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday held meeting with Iran’s ambassador in Moscow to his office in the Kremlin following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in helicopteꦕr crash.

Iran's government on Monday appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani as the head of the international committee of Iran'�♑�s Foreign Ministry, following the death of Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a helicopter crash.

The oil prices witnessed a rise on Monday amid political uncertཧainty in major producing countries afte🔯r Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash.

The dead bodies of Iꦆranian President Ebrahim𝄹 Raisi and the country's other officials are being transported to Tabriz, northwest Iran.

Iran's Vice President Mohammad Mokhber who will takeover as the country's new P﷽resi𝄹dent on Monday held a meeting with the heads of legislative and judicial branches.

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on Monday in a letter offered condolences to Iranian Supreme leader Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, stating: "We were deeply shocked by the news of the tragic loss suffered by friendly and brotherly Islamic Republic of Iran, and its people -- the fatal helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and 💟other accompanying persons."

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday mourned the death of Iran President Ebrahim Raisi i🧔n the helicopter c🀅rash saying, "China lost a good friend".

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday said, "Iran President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister have passed in a helicopter crash, as a mark of respect to the departed dignitaries Government of India has decided that there will be one day's state mourning on 21st May throughout India. On the day of mourning, the national🌱 flag will be flown at half mast throughout India on all buildings where the national flag is flown regularly and there will be no official entertainment on the day."

Iran's former foreign minister Javad Zarif has blamed US sanctions for the helicopter crash that💟 killed President Eb🐎rahim Raisi.

Ayatol📖lah Seyyed Ali Sistani, the Supreme Shia Marja of Iraq on Monday condoled the death of Iran's Prꦉesident Ebrahim Raisi and the country's other officials saying, it is "regrettful".

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei💙 Shoigu has reportedly said that Moscow is ready to proꦡvide assistance to Iran’s investigation into the cause of the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, according to state news agency RIA.

The NATO on Monday e𓆏xpressed "condolences" to Iran over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in𝕴 a helicopter crash.

"Our condolences to the people of Iran for the death of President Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and others who perished in the helicopter crash," said NATO spokesp🏅erson Farah Daklallah on X.

Israel has said it was not involved i𓂃n Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's death, as per Reuters report. The report q𓂃uoting an Israeli official, who wished to remain anonymous, said: "It wasn't us."

The funeral rites of slain Iran President Ebrahim Raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash will be held on tomorrow(May 21), t♔he country's state run media saidཧ.

France has extended its condolences to Iran o🦹ver the death of its 🅷President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.

The country's foreign ministry in a statement said, “France offers its condolences to the Islamic Republic of Iran following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian an🐈d those accompanying them...condolences to the families of the victims of this accident”.

Turkey's transport minister has reportedly said, "We believe the helicopter carrying the Iranian President, and foreign minister did not have a signal system turned on or did not possess such a systeꦫm."

The UN’s Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said he is “saddened” by the death of Iranian President Ebrah🦄im Raisi and his other colleagues.

In a statement, he said, “The Secretary-General expresses his sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and to the Government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran🌸."

Iran’s military chief of staff Mohammad Bagheri has ordered a probe into the cause of the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahi𒊎m and his other colleaguesꦦ, according to the country’s ISNA news agency.

Bagheꦏri reportedly ord🌄ered “a high-ranking committee to launch an investigation into the cause of the president’s helicopter crash”.

The membe♕rs of the UN Security Council have observed a minute of silence in memory of I🥃ranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his colleagues who were killed in a helicopter crash.

The chief of International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi has extended🍃 his condolences to Iran over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and his colleagues in a chopper crash.

He said, “Our thꦛoughts are with their families and the people of Iran during this difficult time."