Thousands of mourners holding portraits of Raisi gathered Monday at central Valiasr Square in the capital Tehran.
The crash incident triggered a massive search operation that was hampered by adverse weather conditions
Hasina conveyed her condolence in a letter to interim president of Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Mokhber
Five days of national mourning have been declared by Khamenei.
The Iranian president -- whose career started in the years after the 1979 Islamic revolution and who is close to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei -- took power in a 2021 election that was followed by turbulent years of protests and tensions.
Following the Iranian president's death in a helicopter crash, the whole world is shocked. But throughout history, the death of presidents, prime ministers, and monarchs in aviation related accidents is not uncommon, as they frequently move about in planes and helicopters, exposing themselves to the risk of accident and sabotage
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said on Monday
Mokhber became first vice president in 2021 when Raisi was elected president
The civilian version of the ubiquitous Vietnam War-era UH-1N "Twin Huey," they are in wide use globally by both governments and private operators
Thousands of mourners holding portraits of Raisi gathered Monday at central Valiasr Square in the capital Tehran.
The crash incident triggered a massive search operation that was hampered by adverse weather conditions
Hasina conveyed her condolence in a letter to interim president of Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Mokhber
Five days of national mourning have been declared by Khamenei.
The Iranian president -- whose career started in the years after the 1979 Islamic revolution and who is close to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei -- took power in a 2021 election that was followed by turbulent years of protests and tensions.
Following the Iranian president's death in a helicopter crash, the whole world is shocked. But throughout history, the death of presidents, prime ministers, and monarchs in aviation related accidents is not uncommon, as they frequently move about in planes and helicopters, exposing themselves to the risk of accident and sabotage
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said on Monday
Mokhber became first vice president in 2021 when Raisi was elected president
The civilian version of the ubiquitous Vietnam War-era UH-1N "Twin Huey," they are in wide use globally by both governments and private operators
President Raisi, the foreign minister and all the passengers in the helicopter were killed in the crash, senior Iranian official told Reuters