Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced today that "the United States is responsible for the tragedy of the helicopter crash involving Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi by preventing the sale of aircraft and spare parts to Iran." The Iranian presidency announced this morning the deaths of Ebrahim Raisi, Abdollahian, and other officials while returning from the "Khoda Afarin" area on the common border with Azerbaijan toward the city of Tabriz.