Iranian rescuers recovered Monday morning the remains of Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi and eight other passengers from the helicopter which crashed on Sunday in the northwest of the country.
“We are in the process of transferring the bodies of the martyrs to Tabriz,” the large city in the northwest, Red Crescent leader Pirhossein Koulivand declared on state television, announcing the end of search operations.
In the rain of messages arriving this Monday, we can also note that of the President of the European Council. Charles Michel presented the EU’s “sincere condolences” on Monday after the death of the Iranian president and his foreign minister.
“Our thoughts are with their families,” Charles Michel said on the social network X.
They were among the first to react. This Monday, members of Vladimir Putin’s entourage paid tribute to the Iranian president. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday paid tribute to the memory of the Iranian president and his foreign minister. “President Raïssi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir-Abdollahian were true and reliable friends,” he said in a statement, saluting “true patriots” who “firmly defended the interests of their country”.
The president of Iran died on Sunday May 19 in a helicopter accident. His death, as well as that of his Minister of Foreign Affairs, plunged the country into a period of political instability. Follow the first reactions with us.