Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed shock and extended his condolences on Monday over the sudden death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
The helicopter, carrying President Raisi, the foreign minister, and other officials, went down in a foggy, mountainous region of northwest Iran, with all occupants pronounced dead after an hours-long search.
The premier extended his “deepest condolences and sympathies” to the Iranian nation on the terrible loss through his message released on X (formerly Twitter).
The great Iranian nation will overcome this tragedy with customary courage,” the statement added.
PM Shehbaz expressed that he was “hoping for good news” regarding the reported crash landing of President Raisi’s helicopter. “Alas, this was not to be.”
Iranian state agencies confirmed the president’s death earlier today after the helicopter, carrying nine people, crashed into a mountain in heavy fog while returning from the Iran-Azerbaijan border, Iranian officials said.
The great Iranian nation will overcome this tragedy with customary courage,” the statement added.
Iranian state agencies confirmed the president’s death earlier today after the helicopter, carrying nine people, crashed into a mountain in heavy fog while returning from the Iran-Azerbaijan border, Iranian officials said.
The premier, while grieving the loss of President Raisi, also reminisced about Raisi’s and Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian’s recent visit to Pakistan last month.
PM Shehbaz added that the country will mourn the great loss by hoisting the flag at half-mast and observing a day of mourning.
The helicopter, carrying President Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials, lost contact approximately 30 minutes into the flight. This sparked immediate concerns and a massive search and rescue operation.
the country’s foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash Monday after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest, state media reported. Raisi was 63. The express Tribune
