Commenting on the death of Ibrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash as a serious incident, Iran's new interim president, Mohammad Mokhbar, said his death will not disrupt our work. The country will move forward.

He said this at the first cabinet meeting on Monday (May 20) after the death of President Raisi.

Video footage released by Reuters shows Iran's newly-appointed interim president Mohammad Mokhbar addressing cabinet members.

Describing the helicopter crash as a serious incident, he said the country will move forward despite the death of President Ibrahim Raisi. That's why everyone should continue their work. This tragic event will in no way disrupt the governance of our country.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif mourned Raisi's death.

Iran's Tasnim media reported that the Janaza of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi will be held in Tabriz on Tuesday (May 21). Citing officials in Iran's East Azerbaijan province, Tasnim also reported that Janazas will be held there for the president as well as his slain entourage. Before that, the bodies will be kept at the Forensic Department in Tabriz.

It should be noted that the helicopter crashed on Sunday (May 19) near the Zolfa area of East Azerbaijan province of Iran. Iran's President Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and some senior officials of the country were in the helicopter. In this incident, the president of Iran, the foreign minister and all the passengers were killed.

The Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, said that Moscow is ready to assist the country in the investigation of the death of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.

Qatar-based media Al-Jazeera reported this information on Monday (May 20) according to the Russian state news agency RIA.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Raisi's death, saying Ibrahim Raisi was a true friend of Russia.

Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif expressed their condolences over Raisi's death.

Iran's Tasnim news media reported that the Janaza of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi will be held in Tabriz on Tuesday (May 21). Citing officials in Iran's East Azerbaijan province, Tasnim also reported that janaza will be held there for the president as well as his slain entourage. Before that, the bodies will be kept at the Forensic Department in Tabriz.

It should be noted that the helicopter crashed on Sunday (May 19) near the Zolfa area of East Azerbaijan province of Iran. Iran's President Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and some senior officials of the country were in the helicopter. In this incident, the president of Iran, the foreign minister and all the passengers were killed.

Iran's Tasnim media reported that the Janaza of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi will be held in Tabriz tomorrow, Tuesday (May 21).

The media outlet Tasnim is affiliated with the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Raisi and his companions left for Tabriz yesterday.

Citing officials in Iran's East Azerbaijan province, Tasnim also reported that the Janaza of the president as well as his slain entourage will take place there. Before that, the bodies will be kept at the Forensic Department in Tabriz.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has declared five days of mourning in memory of President Raisi in a formal ceremony. 

The bodies of Iran's President Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, who were killed in a helicopter crash, have been recovered. With this, the search operation in the incident of the helicopter crash has also ended. The Iranian Red Crescent Society reported the information on Monday (May 20).

The crashed helicopter carrying Risi was a US-made Bell-212 model. According to the BBC, the United States has not sold any such helicopters to Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. As such, the aircraft is at least 45 years old.

The rescue operation was hampered by hostile weather despite 'locating' the helicopter

carrying Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi. Due to which it took more than 18 hours to recover the body of Ibrahim Raisi.

On Sunday (May 19) the helicopter crashed near Zolfa area of East Azerbaijan province of Iran. Iran's President Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and some senior officials of the country were in the helicopter. In this incident, the president of Iran, the foreign minister and all the passengers were killed.

It is known that the helicopter carrying Ibrahim Raisi was going to Tabriz, the capital

of East Azerbaijan province, after the inauguration of a reservoir project in Azerbaijan.

Immediately after the accident, 40 teams participated in the rescue of the President and his companions. Turkey and Russia also participated in the rescue operation.