Several senior Iranian officials were also killed alongside Raisi in the helicopter crash in the Dizmar forest, located between the cities of Varzaqan and Jolfa in East Azerbaijan province.

The officials include:

Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian

East Azerbaijan Governor Malek Rahmati

Representative of the Iranian supreme leader in East Azerbaijan Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem

Head of presidential guard Mehdi Mousavi

The helicopter’s pilot, co-pilot and crew

Raisi and his companions were returning from an event with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev when the crash happened.