Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and other senior officials died in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
President Raisi, Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian and other senior officials were returning after attending a inauguration ceremony for a dam on Iran's border with the Republic of Azerbaijan when the ill-fated helicopter crashed on Sunday afternoon.
However, the ill-fated helicopter crashed while flying through mountainous terrain amid dense fog in the Varzaqan region of the country's East Azerbaijan province on Sunday afternoon.
According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)The governor of East Azerbaijan province, Malek Rahmati, and Mehdi Mousavi, head of Raisi's guard team, were also on board the crashed plane.
A large-scale search and rescue operation was launched in the fog-covered mountainous area of East Azerbaijan province and search teams located the remains on Monday morning.
Here is a video of Raisi's last moments before the helicopter crashed, claiming his life and that of other people traveling with him.
