Following the death on May 19, 2024, in a helicopter crash of the President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, governor-general of East Azerbaijan Malek Rahmati, representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, the head of the president's security team, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi
UNITED NATIONS, United States: Members of the UN Security Council, including the United States, observed a minute of silence on Monday in memory of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage.
In May, Mozambique will hold the rotating presidency of the Council. Pedro Comissario Afonso, the UN ambassador for Mozambique, requested that members rise and observe silence "in remembrance of the loss of life in a crash of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi" and his staff.