PREVIEW

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a meeting with his Azerbaijan counterpart (unseen) at the border in north-western Iran, 19 May 2024 (issued 20 May 2024). President Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdolahian, and several others were killed in a helicopter crash in the mountainous Varzaghan area during their return to Tehran after an inauguration ceremony of the joint Iran-Azerbaijan constructed Qiz-Qalasi dam at the Aras River.