On Sunday, a tragic incident unfolded in the northwestern region of Iran as a helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and eight others crashed amidst low-hanging clouds and cooler temperatures. The area was experiencing below-average temperatures, with Tabriz, the nearest major city to the crash site, recording a low of 9.2 degrees Celsius (48 degrees Fahrenheit) around the time of the accident.
The ill-fated journey was a return trip for Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian from a ceremony marking the opening of a dam on Iran's border with Azerbaijan. The passengers onboard included three crew members, the governor of East Azerbaijan Province, an imam, Raisi's head of security chief, and a bodyguard.
