Raisi's body and the remaining victims in Iran have been recovered. Operation completed
Iranian rescue teams recovered the remains of President Ebrahim Raisi and the other eight passengers who were on board the helicopter that crashed in northwestern Iran on Sunday, the Red Crescent said.
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"We are transporting the bodies of the martyrs to Tabriz," the capital of the northwestern province, Red Crescent chief Pirhossein Koulivand told state television, announcing the end of search operations.
Hours earlier, the Iranian government confirmed the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, adding that the disaster would not cause "any disruption in the administration" of Iran.
"The President of the Iranian people, hardworking and tireless, (...) sacrificed his life for the nation," the Tehran executive said in a statement after the first meeting since the accident.
The helicopter carrying Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian crashed in the Kalibar area.
The accident occurred on Sunday, when the delegation was returning from the border area with Azerbaijan, where Raisi inaugurated a dam in which his Azeri counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, participated.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has officially been declared dead after yesterday’s helicopter crash pic.twitter.com/T78Dv2qxN6
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