FILE PHOTO: Rescuers work after the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed in Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran May 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters
An official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others found that the accident was caused by challenging climatic and atmospheric conditions, Iranian state TV reported on Sunday (September 1, 2024).
According to state TV, the final report of the Supreme Board of the General Staff of the Armed Forces said the main cause of the helicopter crash was the complex climatic conditions in the region in spring.
The report also mentioned that when the helicopter hit the mountain, thick fog suddenly started rising upwards.
According to the report, there were no signs of sabotage in the parts and systems.
Raisi along with seven others, including his Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdallahian, died in the accident in a remote mountainous region of northwestern Iran.