Iran commemorates anniversary of death of President Raisi and Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian

A commemoration ceremony of the first anniversary of former Iranian President martyr Ebrahim Raisi and Martyrs of Service was held at Imam Khomeini (RA) Hosseiniya of Tehran on May 20, Mehr writes.

The commemoration ceremony was held in the presence of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian were martyred in a helicopter crash in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan on May 20. The helicopter carrying President Raisi and the delegation accompanying him crashed as they were returning from the opening ceremony of a reservoir on the border of Iran and Azerbaijan.

None of the eight people in the crashed helicopter survived.