Iran Volleyball Team to Observe Silence in Honor of Late President
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s national volleyball team will observe a moment of silence in an upcoming match over the passing away of President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage in a tragic helicopter crash.
Team Melli is scheduled to play against Serbia early Thursday in the opening match of the 2024 Volleyball Nations League (VNL).
According to Milad Taghavi, head of Iran’s volleyball federation, the team will observe a moment of silence ahead of the match.
A helicopter carrying President Raisi and his entourage crashed in northwestern mountainous forests on Sunday.
The fatal accident happened as the president was returning from Khoda Afarin region in Iran’s northwestern province of East Azarbaijan after inaugurating a dam at the common border with the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The crash killed President Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, Friday prayers leader of Tabriz Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Al-e-Hashem, Governor of East Azarbaijan Malek Rahmati, the commander of the president’s security team, two pilots and a flight crew.
