A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday during a visit to the country’s northwest. This helicopter crashed close to a copper mine called Sungun. It’s located between Jolfa and Varzaqan in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, governor of East Azarbaijan Province Malek Rahmati, and Tabriz Imam of Friday prayer,  Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, were also aboard the copter.

IRAN Nano and Micro Technologies Innovation Council (INIC) expresses its condolences on the martyrdom of the President of our country in the presence of the supreme leader of the revolution and noble nation of Iran.