Russian Ambassador:  helicopter crash with  President of Iran is  tragedy for all of us, and above all for Iranian people

ArmInfo. We all are shocked by the helicopter crash carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.  Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin stated  on May 20 in a conversation with journalists at an event dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the  gyumru border detachment.

"I called the Iranian Ambassador in Yerevan and shared my feelings.  This is truly a tragedy for everyone, and above all for the Iranian  people. Naturally, I wished for strength of spirit. I recalled that  late yesterday our president met with the Iranian Ambassador to the  Russian Federation, issues were discussed, including providing the  necessary assistance in search work. But, unfortunately, this is the  tragic result. Everyone is shocked," the ambassador noted.

To clarify whether this tragedy could somehow affect regional  stability, Kopyrkin suggested leaving this question to analysts and  experts. "I will refrain from making any assessments," the Russian  diplomat concluded.

On the afternoon of May 19, information spread that the Iranian  President's helicopter had crashed. The Iranian president was  returning from the northwestern Iranian province of East Azerbaijan  after the opening of a dam on the common border with Azerbaijan, in  the occupied territories of Artsakh.

The plane was found 30 kilometers from the village of Taval.  According to preliminary data, the helicopter lost control due to an  electronic failure and thick fog, fell onto a mountain and caught  fire. All the passengers of the Iranian presidential helicopter were  killed. President of Iran  Ebrahim Raisi, Minister of Foreign Affairs   Hossein Amirabdollahian, Governor of East Azerbaijan Malek Rahmati ,  Imam of Tabriz Ayatollah Ale-Hashem (Seyyed Mohammad Ali Ale- Hashem  )were in the crashed helicopter.