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Turkey extends condolences to Iran over death of Raisi

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Raisi and Erdogan

In a post on X, Erdogan prayed for Allah’s mercy upon Raisi who died in a helicopter crash.

“I wish Allah’s mercy upon the Iranian foreign minister and other people who lost their lives in the same helicopter as Raisi,” he stated.

He expressed his “deepest condolences” to the Iranian people and government, including the country’s Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, and to the families of the deceased.

“As a counterpart, who personally witnessed his efforts for the peace of the Iranian people and our region during his time in office, I remember Mr. Raisi with respect and gratitude,” Erdogan said.

“As Turkey, we will stand by our neighbor Iran in these difficult and sad times, as we have done many times,” the president added.

After a night-long search operation hampered by bad weather, Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other top officials have been declared dead.

Dozens of emergency rescue teams had been dispatched to the mountainous area in northwestern Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, where the incident took place on Sunday afternoon.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also said on Monday Ankara extended its condolences to Tehran on the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior officials in a helicopter crash.

“Unfortunately, the news of the esteemed president and foreign minister’s passing away has saddened us deeply. We do share the deep pain of friendly and brotherly people of Iran,” he continued.

Soon after the crash in northwestern Iran’s East Azerbaijan province on Sunday afternoon, Turkey had mobilized all the possible equipment to assist in search and rescue operations, he added.

Fidan stressed his country wishes “Allah’s mercy upon those who lost their lives”, and extended condolences to the Iranian people.

ICC seeking arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Sinwar

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Khan said the ICC is also seeking warrants for Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as two other top Hamas leaders — Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, the leader of the Al Qassem Brigades and better known as Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ political leader.

The warrants against the Israeli politicians mark the first time the ICC has targeted the top leader of a close ally of the United States. The decision puts Netanyahu in the company of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, for whom the ICC issued an arrest warrant over Moscow’s war on Ukraine.

A panel of ICC judges will now consider Khan’s application for the arrest warrants.

Khan added the charges against Sinwar, Haniyeh and al-Masri include “extermination, murder, taking of hostages, rape and sexual assault in detention”.

“The world was shocked on the 7th of October when people were ripped from their bedrooms, from their homes, from the different kibbutzim in Israel,” Khan told Amanpour, adding that “people have suffered enormously.”

The charges against Netanyahu and Gallant include “causing extermination, causing starvation as a method of war, including the denial of humanitarian relief supplies, deliberately targeting civilians in conflict”, Khan stated.

When reports surfaced last month that the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) was considering this course of action, Netanyahu stressed that any ICC arrest warrants against senior Israeli government and military officials “would be an outrage of historic proportions”, and that Israel “has an independent legal system that rigorously investigates all violations of the law”.

Asked by Amanpour about the comments made by Netanyahu, Khan said: “Nobody is above the law.”

He added that if Israel disagrees with the ICC, “they are free, notwithstanding their objections to jurisdiction, to raise a challenge before the judges of the court and that’s what I advise them to do”.

Located in The Hague, Netherlands, and created by a treaty called the Rome Statute first brought before the United Nations, the ICC operates independently. Most countries – 124 of them – are parties to the treaty, but there are notable exceptions, including Israel, the US and Russia.

That means that if the court grants the application made by ICC prosecutor, and issues arrest warrants for the five men, any country that is a member would have to arrest them and extradite them to The Hague.

Under the rules of the court, all signatories of the Rome Statute have the obligation to cooperate fully with its decisions. This would make it extremely difficult for Netanyahu and Gallant to travel internationally, including to many countries that are among Israel’s closest allies – including Germany and the United Kingdom.

Israel has killed more than 35,400 Palestinians in Gaza since an Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas that claimed 1,200 lives. The air and ground strikes have reduced the Palestinian enclave to rubble, led to mass internal displacement and shortage of basic necessities.

It also triggered a trial at the International Court of Justice, which in January ordered Tel Aviv to ensure its forces do not commit acts of genocide, and take measures to guarantee humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.

Putin: Iran will be through this difficult time

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Vldimir Putin

Putin told Mokhber that Iran will be through this difficult time, stressing that Moscow and Tehran will continue down the path of the former president to boost bilateral relations.

The Russian leader offered condolences to the leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution and all the Iranians over the passing of the former president of Iran.

Addressing Mokhber, Putin said Russia did its utmost to rescue president Raisi but the accident had already happened. “I personally and closely knew Mr. Raisi and now I have personally lost him”, he added.

Putin went on to describe president Raisi as a true patriot who loved his country very much, saying Russia has lost a reliable friend and ally.

Iran’s caretaker president also thanked the president of Russia for offering condolences over the tragic incident and called Russia a strategic ally of Iran.

Mokhber said, “Thanks to Your Excellency’s planning and the very good cooperation of our late president, Iran and Russia managed to change a large part of the power equations in the world and to end unilateralism”.

Mokhber underlined that Iran always respects Russia’s stance in international issues and from now on, Tehran and Moscow will boost their cooperation.

Baqeri Kani appointed as Iran’s acting foreign minister following death of Amirabdollahian

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Bagheri Amirabdollahian

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage crashed in northwestern mountainous forests on Sunday.

The tragic accident killed the president and seven others, including Amirabdollahian.

On Monday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei issued a message of condolence, assigning First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber to the position of head of the Executive Branch.

For his part, Mokhber appointed Baqeri Kani as the head of the administration’s committee of foreign relations affairs.

Baqeri has served as Iran’s top negotiator in the talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal.

Regional leaders express sympathy with Iran over death of President Raisi

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Ebrahim Raisi

Saudi Arabia extended its condolences on Monday to Iran over the death of President Raisi in the copter crash.

King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, “offer their condolences to his excellency, the acting head of the executive authority, Mohammad Mokhber, on the death of his excellency Ebrahim Raisi, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and his companions”, said a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan stated his country “stands in solidarity with Iran at this difficult time”.

“I extend my deepest condolences to the Iranian government and people over the passing of President Ebrahim Raeisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and those accompanying them following a tragic accident,” he said in an X post.

In another statement on X, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani extended his “sincere condolences to the government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran” on the painful incident.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad also noted his Iranian counterpart’s “dedication to his career” made him “a martyr for the sake of duty”.

In a message carried by the official SANA news agency, Assad “affirmed Syria’s solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran and with the families of the late deceased and his comrades”.

“We worked with the late President to ensure that strategic relations between Syria and Iran flourish always,” he asserted.

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani also expressed “sincere condolences and sympathy” to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his government in a post on X.

“We express our solidarity with the brotherly Iranian people and our brotherly officials in the Islamic Republic in this painful tragedy.”

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has also offered his condolences following the deaths of Raisi, Amirabdollahian and other Iranian officials.

“The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt … prays that the deceased Iranian president and the departed may rest in God Almighty’s mercy, and grant their families patience and solace, expressing the solidarity of the Arab Republic of Egypt with the Iranian leadership and people in this terrible incident,” a statement read.

India says stands with Iran after death of President Raisi

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Raisi and Modi

“Deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic demise of Dr. Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. His contribution to strengthening India-Iran bilateral relationship will always be remembered. My heartfelt condolences to his family and the people of Iran. India stands with Iran in this time of sorrow,” he said in a post on X.

PM Modi had expressed “deep concern” when the Iranian leader’s helicopter had gone missing, adding he was praying for the well-being of the president and his entourage which included Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.

India on May 13 signed a 10-year contract to operate the strategic Iranian port of Chabahar that will help it expand trade with Central Asia.

The helicopter, which was part of a convoy, was carrying President Raisi and other senior leaders, including Amirabdollahian. Contact with the aircraft was lost almost 30 minutes after it took off, reportedly after it experienced bad weather while crossing a mountainous region in the country’s east Azerbaijan province.

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar also condoled the death of the two Iranian leaders and recalled his meetings with them.

“Deeply shocked to hear of the passing away of Iran’s President Dr Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister H. Amirabdollahian in the helicopter crash. Recall my many meetings with them, most recently in January 2024. Our condolences to their families. We stand with the people of Iran at time of this tragedy,” he wrote in a post on X.

Funeral procession to be held for Iranian president, companions in Tabriz on Tuesday

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Hassan Haghighian, Director General of Political Affairs, Elections and National Divisions of the East Azarbaijan Governorate, told reporters on Monday that the dead bodies of the victims are being transferred from the accident site in Varzaqan to Tabriz.

President Raisi and his entourage, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, died in the accident on Sunday while returning from a ceremony to inaugurate a dam in the region.

Search and rescue teams discovered the charred bodies of the officials and cabin crew over 15 hours after the incident.

China’s Xi says Raisi’s death ‘great loss’

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Raisi and Xi

Raisi was declared dead on Monday after rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded western mountain region.

Xi sent “sincere condolences” to the Iran’s first vice president, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a press briefing.

“(Raisi’s) tragic death is a great loss to the Iranian people, and the Chinese people have lost a good friend,” Wang quoted Xi as saying.

China is a close partner of Iran, its largest trade partner, and a top buyer of its sanctioned oil.

According to Wang, Xi stated that “President Raisi has made important contributions to maintaining Iran’s security and stability, promoting national development and prosperity, and also made active efforts to consolidate and develop the China-Iran comprehensive strategic partnership”.

China would offer “all necessary support and assistance” and “continue to support the Iranian government and people in safeguarding their independence, stability and development”, he added.

Wang noted China had also expressed “deep sorrow” at the death of Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, who was also on the helicopter.

The Iranian flag was at half-mast outside its embassy in Beijing.

Iran and China have deepened trade ties in recent years, though Beijing’s efforts to pull Tehran into its flagship Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure project have been complicated by sanctions.

Hamas, Houthis mourn death of Iran’s president

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Ebrahim Raisi

Raisi died in a helicopter crash together with his Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Sunday in the East Azerbaijan Province, northwest of Iran.

Hours after their deaths were confirmed, Houthi senior official Mohamed Ali Al-Houthi sent condolences.

“Our deepest condolences to the Iranian people and the Iranian leadership,” he said, adding, “The Iranian people will continue to have leaders loyal to their people.

The president of the government led by Yemen’s Houthis, Mahdi Al-Mashat, “sent a message of condolences and condolences” to Iran after Raisi’s death.

Hamas also announced it is extending “its sincere condolences, deep sympathy, and solidarity” to the supreme leader, “to the Iranian government, and to the brotherly Iranian people”.

“We are confident that the Islamic Republic of Iran will be able — with the help of Allah — to overcome the consequences of this great loss, as the dear Iranian people have strong institutions capable of dealing with this severe ordeal,” Hamas noted.

Lebanon declares 3 days of mourning, Hezbollah condoles Raisi’s death in copter crash

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Raisi and Mikati

Mikati issued a memorandum on Monday for Lebanon to observe three days of mourning after the wreckage of the helicopter carrying President Raisi and members of his delegation was found in a mountainous region in northwestern Iran.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was also on board the helicopter.

The declaration of mourning came as the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah also issued a statement extending condolences to the Iranian nation and leadership over the martyrdom of President Raisi and his top diplomat.

“We have known Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi for many years; he was our great brother, a strong supporter, a staunch defender of the issues of the Islamic Ummah, at the forefront of which is the issue of al-Quds and Palestine,” Hezbollah said.

He was the “great hope of all the oppressed in the world,” the statement further read.

Hezbollah further hailed Amirabdollahian as “a supporter and friend of the resistance movements and their standard-bearer in all political and diplomatic forums around the world”.

Amirabdollahian has visited Lebanon many times in recent years, especially in recent months since the Israeli regime launched its genocidal war on Gaza, triggering clashes with Hezbollah and other regional resistance groups.

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