Day: May 20, 2024
The European Union offers its condolences for the death of President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdollahian and other Iranian officials involved in the tragic helicopter crash on Sunday, EU High Commissioner for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell said in a statement.
“The EU expresses its sympathies to the families of all the victims and to the Iranian citizens affected,” he added.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has been killed in a helicopter crash. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was also killed in Sunday’s crash, along with several others.
The helicopter – one of three travelling in a convoy – crashed in heavy fog in the north of the country.
Raisi was heading to the city of Tabriz, in the north-west of Iran, after returning from a dam opening ceremony on the Azerbaijan border.
The president was a hardline cleric close to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
An election for a new president is due to take place in the next 50 days.
Live-fire tactical exercise with Artillery units ended – VIDEO
Live-fire tactical exercise with Artillery units under the Land Forces training plan for 2024 ended.
According to the exercise plan, units withdrawn from the points of permanent deployment to assembly areas successfully accomplished the tasks on taking firing positions, preparing devices for combat use, detecting and destroying imaginary enemy targets with precise fire, as well as other assigned tasks.
High professionalism was demonstrated during the exercise, where the main focus was on increasing the knowledge and capabilities of military personnel, improving the command staff’s artillery unit management skills, as well as organizing interoperability with other types of troops during combat operations.
Live-fire tactical exercise with Artillery units ended – VIDEO
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