AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Azerbaijan’s President Ilham visited the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to offer condolences over the martyrdom of his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raeisi.
By visiting the Iranian embassy, Aliyev condoled the martyrdom of the Iranian president and the country's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
He also signed a memorial book in honor of the helicopter crash martyrs.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian have martyred in a helicopter crash in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan.
The helicopter carrying President Raeisi and his accompanying delegation crashed on Sunday in the Dizmar forest, nestled between the cities of Varzaqan and Jolfa in East Azarbaijan Province.
It was transporting Raeisi, Amir-Abdollahian, East Azarbaijan Governor Malek Rahmati, Friday Prayers leader of the city of Tabriz Seyyed Mohammad Ali Al-e Hashem, and a member of the president’s bodyguard team Mahdi Mousavi. The helicopter’s pilot, co-pilot, and crew were also among others on board the chopper.
President Raeisi and his accompanying delegation were returning from a ceremony to inaugurate a dam on the Aras River with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.
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