Iran’s President Raisi’s helicopter crashed due to bad weather, no foul play: Probe

The report stated that the reason behind the helicopter’s collision into the mountain was “the sudden emergence of a thick mass of dense and rising fog,” reported Al Jazeera.

Flag-draped coffins of the President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions who were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, during their funeral ceremony in the city of Mashhad, Iran (AP Photo)

The report also added that there were no indications of a possible sabotage in the parts and systems of the helicopter and it was an accident per say.

Post the helicopter crash, Iran’s army had in May said that the sign of any criminal activity in the death of President Ebrahim Raisi is not found but an investigation was launched to ascertain the real reason behind the crash.

Raisi was elected as president of Iran in 2021 and was known as a hardliner politician. Raisi was also regarded as the natural successor of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which is the apex authority in the country.

Iran’s Fars news agency last month cited the reason for the May 19 crash as bad weather and the chopper’s inability to ascend due to two extra passengers who didn’t have a security clearance.

But the Iranian armed forces denied the report and said that it was false. The forces said, “what is mentioned on Fars news about the presence of two people in the helicopter against the security protocols… is completely false,” as reported by news agency AFP.