Helicopter of Iran's late President Raisi crashed due to weather, Fars says

A helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi takes off, near the Iran-Azerbaijan border, May 19, 2024. The helicopter with Raisi on board later crashed. Ali Hamed Haghdoust/IRNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

DUBAI (Reuters) - The helicopter crash in which Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in May was caused by weather conditions and the aircraft's inability to handle the weight it was carrying, Iran's semi-official news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a security source informed of the final investigation results.

The communications center of the Armed Forces General Staff, responsible for publishing information on the crash investigation, said the report was "completely false", state media reported.