Funeral ceremonies for President Ebrahim Raisi and other victims of the May 19 helicopter crash are underway, while questions are being asked about the incident.
Iran International has wrapped up its live coverage of the funeral of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Amir-Abdollahian, the foreign minister and other high-level officials in a chopper crash on Sunday.
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"A very experience team" is investigating the helicopter crash that killed Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi and his companions, said the deputy commander of the Iranian Army's Air Force, Mehdi Hadian.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Wednesday visited the house of Ebrahim Raisi, the Iranian president who was killed in a Sunday helicopter crash, and met his family members.
Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, whose country's relations with Iran have been severed since 2016, paid tribute to Ebrahim Raisi's dead body during a visit to Tehran.
Earlier in the day, Egypt's foreign minister Sameh al-Shoukry also made his first visit to Tehran despite the two countries not having diplomatic relations.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to Iran on Thursday, Turkish media reported citing a spokesperson for Erdogan's AK Party.
It's not clear yet if Erdogan will visit the northeastern city of Mashhad to attend Raisi's burial ceremony or his visit will be limited to Tehran, according to Turkish media.
“The death of Ebrahim Raisi must not deny people in Iran their right to justice, truth and reparation for the litany of crimes under int’l law and human rights violations committed since the 1980s during his time in echelons of power,” said the Amesty International in a statement on Wednesday.
“Ebrahim Raisi should have been criminally investigated, including for the crimes against humanity of murder, enforced disappearance and torture, while he was alive. His death must not rob his victims and their families of their right to truth and to see all others complicit in his crimes held to account,” said Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
“For decades, perpetrators bearing criminal responsibility have enjoyed the systematic impunity that prevails in Iran. The international community must act now to establish pathways to accountability for victims of crimes under international law and other serious human rights violations committed by Ebrahim Raisi and other Iranian officials, the statement added.
The deaths of Iran's president and foreign minister in a helicopter crash have caused a pause in the UN nuclear watchdog's talks with Tehran over improving cooperation with the agency, the watchdog's chief told Reuters on Wednesday.
The IAEA had planned to resume technical discussions with Iran for about a year now, but these plans were put on hold following last weekend's crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation.
Tehran recently barred many of the most experienced uranium-enrichment experts from the IAEA's inspection team and continues to fail to explain the presence of uranium traces at undeclared sites despite a years-long investigation by the IAEA.
Iran is enriching uranium to 60% purity, close to weapons-grade, which no other country has done without creating nuclear weapons.
Naim Qassem, Deputy Secretary General of Hezbollah, Ismail Haniyeh, the Chief of Hamas, Falih Al-Fayyadh, the chairman of the Popular Mobilization Forces, and Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the spokesman for Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement, were among those present at the ceremony honoring Raisi and his delegation.
Dozens of foreign delegations gathered in Tehran on Wednesday for a ceremony honoring Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation, who died in the helicopter crash.
Attendees included Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of Russia's parliament, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Acting President Mohammad Mokhber, Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri, and Deputy President for Executive Affairs Mohsen Mansouri received the officials.
