On May 19, a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials crashed in the northwest of the country in the Verzegan region.
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On Sunday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, along with a delegation involving Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other government officials, died in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran.
The delegation was on its way back from a visit to Azerbaijan. Iranian authorities said the helicopter crash-landed in a remote mountainous region due to poor weather conditions and thick fog.
The government of Iran has declared five days of mourning in honor of the victims of a recent disaster.
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