President Raisi dies in helicopter crash

Martyred while serving nation

Dr.Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, the eighth president of Iran, has embraced martyrdom after a helicopter carrying him and his entourage crashed in Varzaqan region in East Azarbaijan Province, northwest of the country.  Raisi’s helicopter, along with two more copters, was en route to Tabriz City on Sunday after  inauguration of Qiz Qalasi Dam at the border with the Azerbaijan Republic earlier in the day. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, East Azarbaijan Province’s Governor, and the Supreme Leader’s representative in the province were on board the crashed aircraft as well.