Several Iranian media outlets, including the country’s state television, confirmed the death of 63-year-old President Ebrahim Raisi. The semi-official Mehr news agency, IRNA and the IRIB news agency confirmed the reports of his death. “The helicopter’s passengers, including Ebrahim Raisi, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province Governor Malek Rahmati, and Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, the representative of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution to East Azarbaijan Province, along with several other people were martyred in the incident,” Mehr reported. “Upon the martyrdom of the president and the minister of foreign affairs, the government cabinet convened an urgent meeting,” IRNA said. NN: Another mass murderer sent to hell. The author of the atrocities out of Hamas and the coming hell out of Hezbollah.
Putin: Iran’s Raisi was ‘true reliable friend’ of Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that late Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was a “true reliable friend” for his country. In an official statement, Putin mourned Raisi’s death stressing that “he made an invaluable personal contribution to the development of good neighborly relations between our countries.” For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov added his condolences to Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian for the one who also expressed respect for the work done in international relations. Russia sent a Russian Il-76 plane with rescuers to assist in rescue operations when crews reported difficulties in reaching the crash site.