Last updated: 5/20/202407:20 PM (Mecca time)
On May 20, 2024, Iranian television announced the death of the president Ibrahim RaisiAnd the Minister of Foreign Affairs Hussein Abdullahian And other officials, following an accident in which the helicopter they were carrying fell and crashed in the rugged mountainous region of Julfa in East Azerbaijan province, amid difficult weather conditions, during their return from a ceremony to inaugurate a dam on the Aras border river with… Azerbaijan.
The following are the most prominent people on board the crashed plane:
Ibrahim Raisi
An Iranian judge, politician, and cleric, born in 1960, he received his early education in Shiite seminaries at the hands of several religious scholarly figures. He joined the Islamic Institute at the age of 15, then to Shahid Motahhari University, from where he obtained a doctorate in Islamic jurisprudence and judicial law.
He began his professional career as Public Prosecutor in 1980, and 5 years later he was appointed Deputy Public Prosecutor in Tehran. He then served as Public Prosecutor in Tehran in 1990 by order of the head of the judiciary at the time, Muhammad Yazdi, and forged strong relations with the Supreme Leader. Ali KhameneiHe was chosen in 2016 as responsible for the Astan Quds Razavi Foundation.
He assumed the position of head of the judiciary in 2019, and was concerned with fighting corruption and prosecuting many statesmen involved in cases of mismanagement. He raised the slogan “Enemy of the Spoilers” in his election campaign in which he won as president of the country in 2021.
Hussein Amir Abdullahian
Conservative Iranian diplomat, born in 1964, nominated by the president Ibrahim Raisi Following his victory in the 2021 elections for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs, he gained the confidence of Parliament.
He completed his bachelor’s degree in 1992 at the College of International Relations of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, obtained a master’s degree from the University of Tehran in the same branch in 1996, and defended his doctoral thesis in international relations in 2000.
After graduating from the College of International Relations of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was appointed to the diplomatic corps, then moved to his country’s embassy in Baghdad, assuming the position of deputy ambassador between the years (1997-2001), then his responsibilities continued until he became a special assistant to the presidency of the Iranian Parliament until 2021.
He served as Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Intifada in Tehran.
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Governor of East Azerbaijan Province since 2024, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Ehsan Khanduri appointed him head of the Iranian Privatization Organization in July 2023.
Rahmati received his doctorate in private law from Tarbiat University in Iran.
He served as CEO of the Razavi Economic Organization, and a member of the Board of Trustees, then became Deputy Minister of Economy, in addition to the position of Executive Vice President of the Kawthar Economic Organization.
Muhammad Ali Al Hashem
One of the clergy in IranHe served as the representative of the Iranian leader in East Azerbaijan Province and the imam of Friday prayers in Tabriz.
He studied religious sciences at centers for Islamic studies in Tabriz, then completed his education and obtained a doctorate in Islamic studies at the Qom Seminary.
Between 2008 and 2016, he was head of the Iranian Army’s Political Awareness Organization.
He was a member of the Central Council of the Mujahideen Clergy Complex in Tehran, a member of the Policy Council of the Friday Imams in the country, and a member of the Azerbaijan Office in Expediency Discernment Council.
He taught at military universities, in addition to teaching jurisprudence and principles in religious centers in East Azerbaijan Province.
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