Iran's first report on the downing of Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter is published: No bullets were found...

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Iran's first report on the downing of Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter is
The last images of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi

No traces of bullets were found in the body of the helicopter of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, which crashed earlier this week, according to a statement from the General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces.

"No traces of bullets or similar objects were found in the body of the downed helicopter," said a statement by the IRIB TV channel.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran said that it is publishing the preliminary findings of the investigation into the fatal accident that took the life of the president and as it states "it can be said with certainty that there were no bullets". The report also reiterated that the helicopter wreckage was found using Iranian drones, refuting Ankara's claim that the Turkish drone Akinci found the wreckage

Raishi's coffin was flown to Mashhad in northeastern Iran after his funeral, which was held in the eastern city of Birzad, where thousands of people took to the streets to pay their last respects.

An honor guard stood at attention as the plane carrying Raishi's coffin landed in Mashhad, his city, where he will be laid to rest at the golden-domed mausoleum of Imam Reza, Islam's holiest site in Iran, revered by Muslims. Shiites, the cemetery where the 9th century imam Ali al-Reza rests.

Raisi, 63, was widely seen as a candidate to succeed 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Mohammad Mohber, who was first vice president, has taken over as interim president until the June 28 election.

Eight passengers and crew members died after the helicopter crashed in a mountainous area near the border with Azerbaijan.


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