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On Sunday afternoon, a helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and several of his delegates, including the country’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, crash-landed in a remote part of northwest Iran.
Three helicopters were in the Iranian President’s convoy, but only two landed safely. On Monday morning, following an extensive search and rescue effort, Iranian officials confirmed that no one had survived the crash. It is believed adverse weather conditions were to blame. As Iran begins five days of official mourning and the interim President Mohammad Mokhber steps forward, what will the death of Raisi mean for the future of Iran?And what impact, if any, will it have on the rising tensions between Iran and Israel?
“His reputation was mixed, there are plenty of people today who are mourning his passing, there will also be plenty in Iran celebrating his death. In Israel it’s been greeted rather gleefully,” he says.‘We got the energy’: Irish children’s rap video filmed in one day goes viral
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