The United States cannot and will not speculate regarding the death of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi in a plane crash. Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin stated this in a briefing. TASS.
“It’s about the death of the President of Iran in a very unfortunate helicopter crash. We continue to monitor the situation, but we do not have any information about the causes of the disaster. “I can’t speculate on what may have caused the incident,” Austin said.
Before this, the President of the Ministry of Transport, Abdülkadir Uraloğlu statedHe said his country did not record signals from the helicopter carrying Iranian officials that crashed in northwest Iran.
On May 19, the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi crashed in the mountains near Azerbaijan. The duties of the president were transferred to the first deputy, Mohammed Mokhber, for 50 days. Early elections will be held for the head of state in the country.
Also on board were Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian and some other Iranian officials.
Former German pilot suggestedIt was stated that the Iranian President’s helicopter may crash into a mountain.