Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash in May, along with his foreign minister and six other senior officials.
Iran's final investigation into the helicopter crash that killed former President Ebrahim Raisi in May has concluded it was caused by bad weather, according to the body investigating the case.
The helicopter carrying Raisi, 63, and his entourage crashed into a fog-shrouded mountainside in northern Iran, killing the president and seven others, including his foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, and triggering early elections.
The main cause of the helicopter crash was “complex weather and atmospheric conditions in the region in spring,” the final report of the Supreme Council of the General Staff of the Armed Forces said, state broadcaster IRIB reported on Sunday.
The report added that “the sudden appearance of a thick, dense, rising mass of fog” caused the helicopter to crash into the mountain.
According to the report, no evidence of sabotage was found in parts and systems.
In May, the Iranian military also said it had found no evidence of criminal activity in the crash.
Last month, Fars news agency had cited bad weather as the main cause of the May 19 crash, as well as the helicopter's inability to ascend with two additional passengers against safety protocols.
But the communications center of the Armed Forces General Staff, responsible for publishing information about the crash investigation, said the Fars report was “completely false,” state media reported.
Raisi, a hardline politician, was elected president in 2021.
He has long been seen as the natural successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's top authority.
