The Iranian government says that all nine people killed in the helicopter crash have now been identified. Despite severe burns, all occupants have been identified, a high-ranking government representative told Iranian news agency Tasnim.

Their bodies have since been transferred to Tabriz, the capital of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province.State media had previously confirmed the deaths of all nine occupants of the helicopter, including President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The chopper crashed on Sunday while they were travelling back from a meeting with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.

A senior imam from Tabriz who led Friday prayers in the city was on the aircraft. He was alive for about an hour after the crash and was able to contact the presidential office before succumbing to his injuries, Tasnim reported.

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Global leaders on Monday expressed their condolences over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. In a message to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, “Raisi was a ‘true friend’ to Russia and was admired both at home and abroad.

“Raisi was rightly highly respected by his compatriots and enjoyed great prestige abroad,” Putin said in the condolence message released by the Kremlin. “As a true friend of Russia, he made an invaluable personal contribution to the development of good neighbourly relations between our countries and made great efforts to raise them to the level of strategic partnership,” he added.

In his message, Putin said that he would always fondly remember the “remarkable” Raisi. Chinese President Xi Jinping also expressed his “deep sorrow” over the death of Raisi. Xi offered his “sincere condolences” to the Iranian government and people, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Beijing said on behalf of the Chinese leader.

Raisi had made “important contributions to maintaining Iran’s security and stability, promoting national development and prosperity, and making positive efforts to consolidate and expand the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Iran.”

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