TEHRAN (AA) – The final report of the commission investigating the helicopter crash that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi in May has concluded that it was caused by adverse weather conditions. The commission, comprising specialized military and civilian experts, submitted the report, attributing the crash to the “complex...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran’s aging helicopter fleet was pushed into the spotlight after a crash last week claimed the lives of erstwhile President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and seven others. An Anadolu correspondent compiled the information about the condition and maintenance of the helicopters in Iran’s military ...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran’s army has so far found no evidence of criminal activity in the helicopter crash that killed the country’s president Ebrahim Raisi and seven others, state media reported. The 63-year-old died on Sunday after his helicopter went down in the country’s mountainous northwest while returning from a da...
ISTANBUL (AA) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is a “loss to people aspiring for justice,” state media reported. In a condolence message to Mohammad Mokhber, Iran’s first vice president, Kim said: “The demise of the president is a great loss to the fraternal Iranian people […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent his condolences over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior government officials in a helicopter crash. “Seyed Ebrahim Raisi was an outstanding politician whose entire life was devoted to serving the Motherland. He rightfully enjoyed high respect from his co...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, noted for his conservative position, became Iran’s foreign minister in August 2021, after Mohammad Javad Zarif, whom he had previously served as deputy for three years. President Ebrahim Raisi, Amir-Abdollahian and their companions were declared dead after their helicopter crashed in northwestern...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani and Iranian foreign ministers on Friday spoke over the phone and discussed the latest situation after the two neighbors launched airstrikes against “terrorists” in each other’s territory. According to Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, Jalil Abbas Jilani told his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahi...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s foreign minister has told his Iranian counterpart that Tehran’s airstrikes inside his country caused serious damage to bilateral ties between the two countries. Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani received a telephone call from Hossein Amir-Abdollahian after Islamabad recalled its ambassador from Tehran. I...
LONDON (AA) – Britain is preparing to launch a wave of air strikes against Houthis in Yemen who have been targeting Israel-bound vessels in the Red Sea, according to a media report. Under the plans, the UK would join with the US and possibly another European country to unleash a salvo of missiles against preplanned […]
LONDON (AA) – British Foreign Secretary David Cameron held a phone call on Sunday with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to discuss the attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on vessels in the Red Sea. Cameron told Amir-Abdollahian that the attacks “threaten innocent lives and the global economy.” “I made clear that Iran ...
