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Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced five days of mourning on Monday for President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash.
“I announce five days of public mourning and offer my condolences to the dear people of Iran,” said Khamenei in an official statement following the death of Raisi and other officials in the crash in East Azerbaijan province.
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President Raisi died on Monday after his helicopter crashed in a mountainous region of the country.
Raisi was traveling with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who also died in the accident.
Rescue teams had been searching the area since Sunday afternoon after a helicopter carrying Raisi, the foreign minister, and other officials went missing.
Early Monday, relief workers located the missing helicopter, with state TV confirming the president’s death.
“The servant of the Iranian nation, Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi, has achieved the highest level of martyrdom while serving the people,” state television announced on Monday. Mehr news agency also reported his death.
State television broadcast photos of Raisi, accompanied by the recitation of the Koran in the background.
Iran’s vice president for executive affairs, Mohsen Mansouri, posted a Koranic verse on X to express condolences.
