Putin to travel to Iran with strict security measures, escort of 4 Sukhoi 35 planes
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced that he would travel t²o Iran to participate in the funeral ceremony of the late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi.
NewsWeek Nigeria had earlier reported that the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died after the helicopter he was travelling on crashed in a mountainous area in the northwest of Iran, according to reports.
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Putin will travel to Iran with strict security measures and an escort of 4 Sukhoi 35 planes.
He will participate in the funeral ceremony of Iranian president Raisi. pic.twitter.com/EgWkIvJaqi
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Deadly Earthquake hits Iran few hours after president died in helicopter crash
President Raisi, 63, who was seen as a frontrunner to succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iran’s Supreme Leader, was travelling after a visit to the border with Azerbaijan when the helicopter crashed.
Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of East Azerbaijan province and other officials were also said to have been aboard the chopper when the crash, initially described as a “hard landing”, happened amid fog on Sunday.
The chief of staff of Iran’s army had ordered all the resources of the military and the elite Revolutionary Guard to be put to use in search and rescue operations, which had been hampered by the bad weather.
