FORMER Iranian Overseas Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blamed the US (US) for the helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and several other high-ranking authorities officers within the ‘Land of the Mullahs’.
Chatting with state tv, Monday (20/5), Zarif mentioned that the unilateral sanctions imposed by Washington on Tehran had a unfavorable influence on Iran’s civil aviation trade.
He additionally mentioned that the US had banned the sale of plane spare elements in Iran.
“This will probably be on the US blacklist of crimes towards the Iranian individuals,” Zarif mentioned.
Iran, immediately, Tuesday (21/5), will maintain a funeral procession for President Raisi, Overseas Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and different high-ranking officers who died within the helicopter crash.
After a nightlong search operation hampered by unhealthy climate, Raisi, Amir-Abdollahian and different high-ranking officers have been declared useless Monday (20/5) morning.
Dozens of emergency rescue groups have been despatched to the mountainous space of East Azerbaijan Province in northwestern Iran, the place the accident occurred on Sunday (19/5) followingnoon.
In keeping with the Iranian Structure, First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber will assume presidential powers, and common elections will probably be held inside 50 days. (Ant/Z-1)
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