Iran responsible for flying 45-year-old helicopter, says US after Raisi’s death

The United States administration has blamed the Iranian government for flying a more than 40 years old helicopter that crashed on Sunday, killing Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian and six other passengers and crew.

“So, first of all, we are not going to apologise for our sanctions regime at all. The Iranian Government has used its aircraft to transport equipment to support terrorism,” US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in response to a query at the weekly press briefing on Monday.