events
A helicopter crash in Iran leaves 8 people dead, including the country's president Ebrahim Raisi & foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
Related Wikipedia articles
2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Iran
Country in West Asia
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ebrahim Raisi
President of Iran from 2021 to 2024
Ebrahim Raisolsadati, better known as Ebrahim Raisi, was an Iranian politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. He was a Twelver Shia Muslim jurist and part of the Principlist group.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
Iranian politician (1964–2024)
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was an Iranian politician and diplomat who served as foreign minister of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. He was the deputy foreign minister for Arab and African Affairs between 2011 and 2016.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
May 19
Day of the year
May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 226 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)