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The martyrdom of the president and his companions

The President of our country, Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, was martyred on Sunday evening in the accident of the helicopter crash. Raisi had traveled to East Azarbaijan to inaugurate the "Qiz Qalasi" border dam, and the helicopter carrying him and his companions had an accident on the way back in the "Dizmar Forest" in the general area between Varzeghan and Jolfa in East Azarbaijan province.
In addition to the President, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ayatollah Seyyed Muhammad Ali Al Hashem, Tabriz Friday Imam, and Malik Rahmati, Governor of East Azerbaijan, were also present in this flight, who along with several other people, including bodyguards and flight crew, took their lives.
Yesterday, Saturday, May 30, Ayatollah Raisi went on a one-day trip to East Azarbaijan province to inaugurate the Qizqalahsi dam, a joint product of Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, together with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. After the inauguration, the President and his entourage were on their way back with some helicopters, when one of the 3 helicopters had an accident and fell in the difficult-to-access area of Varzghan due to the heavy fog that had formed in the region. The rescue operation started from the first minutes of the accident. But the bad weather, foggy sky in the region, rain and snow had made it difficult to rescue and find the crashed helicopter. As the night came and the weather got darker, the rescue work became more difficult.
Finally, the search to find the helicopter that crashed a few minutes ago gave results and unfortunately, it was found that Ayatollah Raisi and all his companions were martyred due to the severity of the injuries caused by the helicopter crash.

Translator: Faeghe Ebrahimpour