Aviation accident in Iran
On 19 May 2024, an
Iranian Air Force
helicopter crashed near the village of
Uzi
, East Azerbaijan, Iran, killing
President of Iran
Ebrahim Raisi
, Foreign Minister
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
, Governor-General of
East Azerbaijan
Malek Rahmati
, representative of the
supreme leader
in East Azerbaijan
Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem
, the head of the president's security team, and three flight crew.
[6]
It was en route in a convoy of three from the
Giz Galasi Dam
to
Tabriz
.
[4]
Background
Presidents Raisi
(left)
and Aliyev
(right)
on the
Azerbaijan?Iran border
, hours before the crash
The helicopter involved was a
Bell 212
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
with
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
(IRIAF)
registration
number 6-9207.
[5]
Iran purchased the helicopter in the early 2000s.
[3]
Due to
international sanctions
, Iranian aircraft face parts shortages, and often fly without safety checks.
[3]
Former presidents
Abolhassan Banisadr
(served 1980?1981) and
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
(served 2005?2013) were both involved in helicopter crashes during their terms in office, but survived.
[7]
A day before the crash, the
Iran Meteorological Organization
issued an
orange weather warning
(
severe weather
that may cause damage or accidents) for the region.
[8]
Crash
On 19 May, Raisi met
President of Azerbaijan
Ilham Aliyev
at the
Giz Galasi hydroelectric complex
along their countries' borders to inaugurate it and to commission the
Khoda Afarin hydroelectric complex
.
[9]
[10]
Following the meeting, Raisi, Amir-Abdollahian, Rahmati, Ale-Hashem, and Raisi's head of security,
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
(IRGC) Brigadier General Mohammad Mehdi Mousavi, departed for
Tabriz
by helicopter to inaugurate a project at an
oil refinery
.
[4]
The helicopter was part of a convoy of three helicopters and was crewed by
Iranian Air Force
pilots Colonel Taher Mostafavi and Colonel Mohsen Daryanush and flight technician Major Behrouz Qadimi.
[4]
[6]
[a]
A total of eight people were aboard the helicopter.
[3]
At around 13:30
IRST
(
UTC+3:30
), the helicopter crashed approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south-west of the village of
Uzi
,
[12]
[13]
[14]
in the Dizmar Forest region, a
wildlife corridor
in
Varzaqan County
, East Azerbaijan province.
[15]
[16]
[b]
The head of the President's Office,
Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili
, was in one of the other helicopters. He stated that the helicopters took off at around 13:00. The weather was normal at the start and during most of the flight. Forty-five minutes into the flight, the pilot of Raisi's helicopter, who was in charge of the convoy, ordered other helicopters to increase altitude to avoid a nearby cloud. After 30 seconds of flying over the cloud, the pilot of Esmaeili's helicopter noticed that Raisi's helicopter, which was flying between the two others, had disappeared. The pilot returned to search for Raisi's helicopter and made a few circles, but was unable to contact it via radio and could not descend because of the cloud, so he landed at the nearby
Sungun copper mine
30 seconds later.
[18]
[19]
The pilots then called the phone of Captain Mostafavi, who was in charge of Raisi's helicopter, but Ale-Hashem answered, who said the helicopter had crashed into a valley. Esmaeili himself made a second call and spoke to Ale-Hashem,
[18]
who told him: "I don't feel good, I don't know what happened, I don't know where I am, I'm under trees, I don't know, I don't see anyone, I'm alone." They took an ambulance with medical personnel and drove to the site, speaking several times to Ale-Hashem, who was answering the calls for about three hours.
[19]
Ale-Hashem died before the rescuers could arrive.
[18]
Energy Minister
Ali Akbar Mehrabian
and Housing and Transportation Minister
Mehrdad Bazrpash
, who were travelling in the other two helicopters,
[
clarification needed
]
arrived safely in Tabriz
[20]
[21]
after their aircraft made unsuccessful searches for the third helicopter for fifteen to twenty minutes after losing contact with it.
[4]
Recovery
A
Mehr News Agency
journalist reporting from the crash site
News of the crash was released at 16:00,
[4]
with
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
(IRIB) and Interior Minister
Ahmad Vahidi
describing it as a
hard landing
caused by bad weather and fog.
[20]
[13]
Major General
Mohammad Bagheri
, chief of staff of the
Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
, ordered all its branches to deploy their full resources for rescue operations.
[20]
Heavy fog affected search-and-rescue operations in Varzaqan.
[22]
Reports indicated that search-and-rescue teams were expected to reach the site of the crash by 20:00.
[23]
By 20:39, Iranian forces were near the site of the crash.
[24]
Forty rescue teams from the
Iranian Red Crescent Society
,
[20]
along with
unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), were sent to the area of the crash.
[25]
Janez Lenar?i?
, European Commissioner for Crisis Management, announced that the European Union would activate the
Copernicus Emergency Management Service
, providing rapid response satellite mapping, by Iran's request,
[26]
[27]
drawing criticism from some European politicians and journalists for appearing sympathetic toward the Iranian regime.
[28]
[29]
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Qatar, Turkey, and Russia offered to help in the search.
[30]
[31]
[32]
Russia sent two airplanes, search and rescue helicopters and around 50 personnel to aid in the rescue mission.
[33]
[34]
The United States
Department of State
said on 20 May that it had turned down a rare request for assistance from the Iranian government following the crash for largely logistical reasons.
[35]
[36]
Iran requested a night vision
search and rescue
helicopter from Turkey, according to the Turkish
Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency
.
[37]
Coordinates from a Turkish
Bayraktar Akıncı
UAV showed the crash site being located on a steep mountain slope 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the
Azerbaijan?Iran border
.
[38]
[39]
The UAV sent by Turkey was unarmed following a request by Iran.
[40]
Iran later denied that the Turkish drone found the site and instead claimed that the site was only discovered after Iranian drones with Synthetic Aperture radar were recalled from the Indian Ocean to search the crash site.
[41]
Iranian media was also critical of Turkey for flying the drone over sensitive sites and drawing the Turkish flag's crescent and star on its fight path during its return.
[42]
A few hours later after the crash, IRIB reported the helicopter had been found,
[43]
and that there was "no sign of life" at the crash scene,
[3]
which was situated at an altitude of 2,200 metres (7,200 ft).
[4]
Except its tail,
[38]
the helicopter burned completely following impact.
[44]
On 20 May, search operations concluded with the recovery of the bodies,
[45]
which were transported to Tabriz.
[4]
Many of the bodies were found in a charred condition, but did not require forensic identification.
[46]
Investigation
The
Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
assumed responsibility for investigating the cause of the crash.
[47]
Turkish Transport Minister
Abdulkadir Uralo?lu
, whose country includes Iran in its area of responsibility for emergency response, said they had not found a signal from the helicopter upon hearing news of its crash, which suggested that the aircraft either did not have its
signal system
turned on or did not have such a system.
[48]
A preliminary report released by the Iranian military on 23 May found that the helicopter had "caught fire after hitting an elevated area". It also said it had not found evidence of foul play.
[49]
Aftermath
Farewell ceremony to Ebrahim Raisi,
Tehran
, 22 May 2024
Raisi was the second president of Iran to have died in office, following
Mohammad-Ali Rajai
, who was killed in a
bombing in 1981
.
[3]
The presidential
line of succession
begins with
Mohammad Mokhber
, the
first vice president
. On 20 May, the cabinet said that the government would continue to operate "without the slightest disruption".
[38]
That same day, Mokhber was formally designated as acting president by Supreme Leader
Ali Khamenei
, while
Ali Bagheri
was appointed as acting foreign minister.
[3]
If power is transferred to the vice president in this way, Iranian law states that a new presidential election must be called within six months.
[50]
Authorities subsequently set
the election date for 28 June
.
[51]
While the search was still underway, Khamenei asked the nation for its prayers and said: "The nation doesn't need to be worried or anxious as the administration of the country will not be disrupted at all."
[52]
[53]
The government cancelled a cabinet meeting and instead convened an emergency meeting,
[54]
during which Raisi's chair was left empty and draped with a black sash.
[55]
Senior officials of the
Supreme National Security Council
travelled to Tabriz.
[56]
Funerals
The
Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
ordered the suspension of cultural events and venues as well as all activities relating to Cultural Heritage Week, which coincided with the mourning period, for seven days beginning 20 May.
[57]
Government offices and private businesses were ordered to close 22 May to coincide with the funerals for the victims.
[48]
Funerals for the victims began on 21 May in Tabriz; a procession of the remains, carried on a lorry, was attended by crowds estimated to be in the tens of thousands who were then addressed by Interior Minister
Ahmad Vahidi
.
[58]
[59]
The remains were then taken to
Tehran
and transported to
Qom
before being returned to
Tehran University
for another funeral ceremony on 22 May presided by Khamenei and attended by Mokhber and foreign dignitaries.
[47]
The dignitaries included
Hamas
leader
Ismail Haniyeh
, who spoke at the event, Afghan Foreign Minister
Amir Khan Muttaqi
, Armenian Prime Minister
Nikol Pashinyan
, Azerbaijani Prime Minister
Ali Asadov
,
[60]
Egyptian Foreign Minister
Sameh Shoukry
, Iraqi Prime Minister
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani
, Pakistani Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif
, Qatari Emir
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
, Tunisian President
Kais Saied
, as well as delegates from 60 other countries including Belarus, China, India, Russia, Serbia, and Turkey.
[61]
[62]
[63]
No representatives from European Union member states attended the funeral.
[61]
Other than Khamenei, none of Iran's living former presidents (
Mohammad Khatami
,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
, and
Hassan Rouhani
) were seen at the event.
[63]
After the ceremony, the remains were transported on a
semi-truck
[63]
on a procession to
Azadi Square
, during which chants of "
Death to America
" were heard.
[64]
Tens of thousands were estimated to have been in attendance for the funeral service in Tehran,
[65]
[66]
[57]
[67]
and hundreds of thousands were estimated to have followed the procession down Tehran's main boulevard.
[63]
Attendance at the funeral was noticeably lower than
that of IRGC general Qassem Soleimani
in 2020.
[63]
Raisi's remains were taken to
Birjand
on 23 May before being transported to his hometown in
Mashhad
, where Raisi was buried the same day at the
Imam Reza shrine
.
[68]
[69]
[70]
[c]
Turnout for the burial was estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands.
[68]
Amir-Abdollahian's burial also took place the same day at the
Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine
in
Ray
.
[70]
[61]
Reactions
Domestic
Reactions among Iranians were mixed.
[72]
Before the confirmation of Raisi's death, prayers for him were held in cities across the country, which were aired by
state-run television
.
[73]
At the same time, videos of people in Iran setting off celebratory fireworks began circulating on social media, while others danced, played music, or honked car horns in solidarity with those celebrating.
[74]
Images were posted to social media showing people killed and injured during the crackdown on the 2022
Mahsa Amini protests
under Raisi's presidency.
[75]
Police in Tehran
warned that anyone who appeared publicly happy about Raisi's death would be prosecuted.
[74]
Following confirmation of Raisi's death, Khamenei declared five days of national mourning.
[3]
Hundreds gathered in
Vali-e-Asr square
in mourning for the president.
[3]
At a meeting of the
Assembly of Experts
on 21 May, a flower-ringed portrait of Raisi was placed on his seat.
[47]
Former foreign minister
Mohammad Javad Zarif
blamed the United States for the crash, saying in an interview that the latter's
embargo
on the sale of aircraft and aviation parts to Iran "will be recorded in the list of U.S. crimes against the Iranian people".
[3]
Maryam Rajavi
, the leader of the exiled dissident
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
, said that Raisi's legacy was marked by his role in the
1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners
, and predicted this "monumental and irreparable strategic blow to the mullahs' Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the entire regime" would trigger "a series of repercussions and crises" within its leadership.
[72]
Taghi Rahmani
, the husband of detained activist
Narges Mohammadi
, said Raisi's death would not structurally change the system.
[74]
Some in the
Iranian diaspora
celebrated happily and others took to social media to express dissatisfaction with Iran's government.
[76]
[77]
Foreign
Turkish flag at
half-mast
following the declaration of national mourning,
Istanbul
, Turkey
During the search efforts, well-wishes or offers of support came from Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev
,
[78]
Cuban President
Miguel Diaz-Canel
,
[79]
Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
,
[80]
Maldivian President
Mohamed Muizzu
,
[81]
Pakistani Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif
,
[82]
Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdo?an
,
[83]
United Nations Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres
,
[26]
the Iraqi government,
[26]
and the foreign ministries of Afghanistan,
[84]
Jordan,
[85]
Kuwait, Oman,
[86]
Qatar, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.
[26]
Following the confirmation of the deaths of Raisi and the other passengers, officials of many countries and international organizations extended their condolences and sympathies.
[d]
Days of mourning were declared in Bangladesh,
[146]
Cuba,
[147]
India,
[148]
Lebanon,
[149]
Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
[150]
Syria,
[151]
Tajikistan,
[152]
Thailand,
[153]
and Turkey.
[154]
The
United Nations Security Council
stood for a
minute's silence
for Raisi.
[155]
Several Islamist militant organisations backed by Iran expressed their condolences.
Mohammed al-Houthi
,
Houthi
Yemen's
Interior Minister
, expressed condolences to the Iranian people, leadership, and families of the dead.
[156]
Hamas
mourned the loss of an "honourable supporter" in a statement.
[157]
Hamas official
Ismail Haniyeh
attended his funeral in Tehran.
[158]
Hezbollah
also mourned Raisi, describing him as a protector of the
Axis of Resistance
.
[159]
Italian Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni
expressed hope that a future Iranian government would "commit itself to the stabilisation and pacification of the region".
[87]
Lithuanian Foreign Minister
Gabrielius Landsbergis
said he did not feel comfortable sending condolences to Iran because of its provision of military aid for the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
.
[160]
British Minister of State for Security
Tom Tugendhat
said that he "will not mourn" Raisi, adding that his "regime has murdered thousands at home, and targeted people here in Britain and across Europe".
[161]
United States National Security Council spokesman
John Kirby
described Raisi as "a man who had a lot of blood on his hands".
[162]
A post on
X
by
European Council
President
Charles Michel
of condolences to Iran was criticised by
members of the European Parliament
Charlie Weimers
,
Nathalie Loiseau
, and
Hannah Neumann
,
[163]
and also several
Dutch House of Representatives
members, for not mentioning Tehran's human rights abuses.
[164]
Slovenian Foreign Minister
Tanja Fajon
drew similar criticism from opposition leaders
Matej Tonin
,
Romana Tomc
and
Janez Jan?a
[165]
after she expressed condolences to the Iranian people in a
KAN News
interview and said it was a time to mourn.
[166]
The U.S.
secretary of defense
Lloyd Austin
denied U.S. involvement, stating that "the United States had no part to play in that crash".
[167]
[168]
An Israeli official, who requested anonymity, provided a similar comment to Reuters, saying "It wasn't us".
[169]
[168]
Although there was no official reaction from the government, Israeli opposition politician
Avigdor Lieberman
said it was unlikely to affect
Iranian policy toward Israel
, adding that "we won't shed a tear" over Raisi's death.
[168]
[169]
Israeli ambassador to the United Nations
Gilad Erdan
criticised the United Nations Security Council for holding a minute's silence out of respect for Raisi on 20 May, calling it a "disgrace".
[170]
A tribute for Raisi at the
UN General Assembly
on 30 May was boycotted by the United States and several European countries, while 45 incumbent and former U.N. officials, experts, diplomats and judges sent a joint letter to Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres
protesting the decision over Raisi's involvement in human rights abuses. Around 100 people also protested against Raisi outside
UN Headquarters
in New York City while the ceremony was taking place.
[171]
Amnesty International
said that Raisi's death must not deny victims of his human rights abuses their right to accountability.
[172]
On 24 May, clashes broke out between supporters of the Iranian regime and anti-government protesters during an event to mark Raisi's death in the suburb
Wembley
in London, resulting in four injuries and one arrest.
[173]
See also
Notes
- ^
The Turkish newspaper
Turkiye
, citing an Iranian security source, avers that Russian-made helicopters associated with the Revolutionary Guard Corps usually transport such high officials, and that the crew in this instance was Army staff. Furthermore the helicopter was supposedly outfitted with the standard GPS and transponder as well as a continuous beacon.
[11]
- ^
The altitude of the crash site is 2,205 metres (7,234 ft).
[17]
- ^
Raisi died on
Imam Reza
's birthday, 11
Dhu al-Qadah
(
Islamic calendar
).
[71]
- ^
Afghan Acting Prime Minister
Hasan Akhund
,
[87]
Algerian President
Abdelmadjid Tebboune
,
[88]
[89]
Armenian Prime Minister
Nikol Pashinyan
,
[90]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev,
[91]
Bangladeshi President
Mohammed Shahabuddin
[92]
and Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina
,
[93]
Bosnian Presidency member
?eljko Kom?i?
,
[94]
Interim Burkinabe President
Ibrahim Traore
,
[95]
Sultan of Brunei
Hassanal Bolkiah
,
[96]
Chinese President
Xi Jinping
,
[97]
Comorian President
Azali Assoumani
,
[98]
Congolese President
Felix Tshisekedi
,
[99]
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel,
[100]
Egyptian President
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
,
[101]
Eritrean President
Isaias Afwerki
,
[102]
Ethiopian Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed
,
[72]
European Council President
Charles Michel
,
[97]
EU High Representative for Foreign Policy
Josep Borrell
,
[103]
Arab League Secretary-General
Ahmed Aboul Gheit
,
[87]
African Union Commission President
Moussa Faki
,
[72]
the French foreign ministry,
[104]
Gambian President
Adama Barrow
,
[105]
Bissau-Guinean President
Umaro Sissoco Embalo
,
[106]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
[107]
Indonesian President
Joko Widodo
,
[108]
Iraqi Prime Minister
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani
,
[109]
Italian President
Sergio Mattarella
,
[110]
Japanese government spokesman
Yoshimasa Hayashi
,
[87]
Jordanian King
Abdullah II
,
[111]
Kuwaiti Prime Minister
Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah
,
[112]
Kenyan President
William Ruto
,
[113]
Lao President
Thongloun Sisoulith
,
[114]
Lebanese Parliament Speaker
Nabih Berri
,
[115]
Libyan Prime Minister
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
,
[116]
Liswati Prime Minister
Russell Dlamini
,
[117]
Malagasy President
Andry Rajoelina
,
[118]
Malaysian Prime Minister
Anwar Ibrahim
,
[107]
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu,
[119]
[120]
the Moroccan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
,
[121]
Namibian President
Nangolo Mbumba
,
[122]
Nigerian President
Bola Tinubu
,
[123]
Nigerien Head of state
Abdourahamane Tchiani
,
[124]
North Korean leader
Kim Jong Un
,
[125]
Sultan of Oman
Haitham bin Tarik
,
[126]
OPEC secretary general
Haitham al-Ghais
,
[87]
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif,
[107]
[127]
Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas
,
[87]
Philippine President
Bongbong Marcos
,
[128]
Polish President
Andrzej Duda
,
[129]
Portuguese Prime Minister
Luis Montenegro
,
[130]
Qatari Emir
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
,
[97]
Russian President
Vladimir Putin
,
[107]
Saudi King
Salman
and Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman
,
[131]
Sahrawi President
Brahim Ghali
,
[132]
Senegalese President
Bassirou Diomaye Faye
,
[133]
Sri Lankan President
Ranil Wickremesinghe
,
[134]
Singapore President
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
,
[135]
Somali Government
,
[136]
South African President
Cyril Ramaphosa
,
[137]
Sudanese military leader
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
,
[87]
Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad
,
[138]
Tanzanian President
Samia Suluhu Hassan
,
[139]
the
Thai Government
,
[140]
Tunisian President
Kais Saied
,
[141]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an,
[142]
UAE President
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
,
[97]
the U.S. Department of State,
[143]
Pope Francis
,
[103]
Venezuelan President
Nicolas Maduro
,
[144]
and Vietnamese Acting President
Vo Thi Anh Xuan
and Prime Minister
Pham Minh Chinh
.
[145]
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