— 🇮🇷 NEW: People in Tabriz have flooded the streets to mourn the President and his delegation

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: In the city of Tabriz, the body of Sayyed Mohammad Ali Aale Hashem, Khamenei's representative in East Azerbaijan Province and Friday Imam of Tabriz, is returned from the helicopter

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— 🇮🇷 Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, has issued a message of condolance:

'To God we belong, and to Him we all return. With great sadness and regret, I have received the bitter news of the martyrdom of the Martyr Scholar, the People's President with sufficient and hard work, the Servant of Al-Reza, peace be upon him, Hujjat Al-Islam Wa Al-Muslimeen, Mr. Hajj Seyyed Ibrahim Raisi and his dear companions, may God bless him and grant him peace.

This unfortunate incident happened during the line of duty. The entire period of responsibility of this noble and selfless person, both during the short term of his presidency and before that, was completely spent in non-stop efforts in serving the people, the country and Islam.

The dear President, he did not know fatigue (he worked tirelessly). In this tragic incident, the Iranian nation lost a sincere and valuable servant. For him, the welfare and satisfaction of the people, which is synonymous with God's satisfaction, was preferred over everything, so the ingratitude and taunts of some ill-wishers did not prevent him from working day and night to improve and and complete his affairs.

In this serious incident, prominent personalities such as Ayatollah Aale Hashem, the popular and reliable Friday Imam of Tabriz, Mr. Amir Abdollahian, the Mujahid and activist foreign minister, Mr. Malik Rahmati, the revolutionary and pious governor of East Azerbaijan, and the flight crew and other companions also joined the divine mercy.

I announce five days of public mourning and offer my condolences to the dear people of Iran. According to Article 131 of the Constitution, Mr. Mokhber is in the position of managing the executive branch and he is tasked to arrange with the heads of the legislative and judicial branches to elect a new president within a maximum of fifty days.

Finally, I offer my sincere condolences to the dear mother of Mr. Raeesi and his honorable wife and other survivors of the President and the respected families of his companions, especially the father of Mr. Al Hashem, and I ask for their patience and consolation and God's mercy for the departed.'

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Supreme Leader of Iran, Imam Ali Khamenei, announces 5 days of public mourning, and confirms that Vice President Mohammad Mokhber will temporarily take power and that an election will be held within 50 days, per the constitution

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Ali Baqeri Kani has been appointed as interim Foreign Minister of Iran, succeeding Amir Abdollahian

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— 🇮🇷 People on the streets of Iran are still mourning the death of their President

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— 🇸🇾/🇮🇷 NEW: The Arab Republic of Syria announced three days of public mourning

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— 🇮🇷 Head of Iran's Crisis Management Team: 'Ayatollah Aale Hashem, Tabriz's Friday Imam, was alive for an hour after the helicopter crash and even had a telephone conversation with Mr. Gholamhossein Esmaili, the head of the President's office'

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If the weather conditions were not so extreme, some of the passengers or crew might have been rescued alive.

— 🇮🇶/🇮🇷 NEW: Iraq has declared a day of national mourning tomorrow

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— 🇮🇱 BREAKING: The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity

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Thousands of Iranians have also gathered in the city of Qazvin to condole the tragedy of President Raisi’s accident.

— 🇮🇷/🇹🇷 Fact check: Turkey's Akinci drone did NOT locate the helicopter's wreckage; the Iranian Air Force located it during a flyover

The heat signature found by the Akinci was at 38°47'09N 46°42'57E, while the helicopter's wreckage was found at 38°43'08 N 46°39'16 E, near Sungun, over 9km away.

Turkey is trying hard to take credit and is posing itself as a good neighbour. In reality, it was sadly nothing more than a PR stunt for Erdogan, evidenced by the Akinci's live broadcast & nationalist Turkish crescent it formed in flight.

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Israel is planning for war in Lebanon. It is only a matter of time.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The United States offered its condolances to the Iranian nation after the death of President Raeesi

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