Iran's Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian dies alongside Raisi in a helicopter crash

The top Iranian diplomat, who was accompanying President Raisi during the helicopter crash, has helped shift Iran’s foreign policy from engagement with the West to improving relations with neighbours in the Middle East, especially Arab countries across the Gulf.

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was a former soldier, whose career was devoted to protecting his country and its revolution.

Al Jazeera’s Alex Baird looks back at his life.

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[antoinette]

I will truly miss this man, and I say this as an American not that it should matter in the least. There is a grace within this man. ❤

[nataliaf-tmor]

Can't believe that😢 he was very well spoken person

[ahditah]

Nothing left me this hollow, ahhh I cannot stop crying 😢 😭 aha what a heavy heart

[artfull]

It’s so tragic, Iran’s Foreign Minister was very sophisticated and diplomatic. RIP

[RJ-svgc]

He is the very solar person. We have lost a great minister in Iran .

[faridakhan]

He has fulfilled his duty to god his country to the oppressed in Gaza god rest his sole he is in a better place inshallah

[blususpect]

At least he stood with Gaza till the end

[ahditah]

A beacon of hope gone aaah such a tragedy 😢

[ahmedabdiwahab]

very suspicious... i have a feeling we will know later on it was no accident

[guruofficial]

Rest in Peace. Condolences from Indonesia of the South East Asia

[bernadettedunn]

I’m so sorry for the loss of this valiant man. He represented Iran with honor.

[lutfaakter]

Very sad news! We have lost friends of Palestine .May Allah grant them jannah!

[leonardgnani]

Thank you for the informative coverage.

[unknownuser]

Condolences. He was such an asset to the world, especially in these times of war.

[theGarden]

Rest well in paradise ✨️ with much love 🤲💗✨️

[rosymylene]

The Iranian FM was one of the great in world diplomacy. God bless his soul and his family.

[FatmaAli-dhpd]

كل نفس ذائقه الموت كل من عليها فان ويبقى وجه ربك ذو الجلال و الاكرام انا لله وانا اليه راجعون اللهم ثبت هم با القول الثابت.

[本多咲麗]

Please accept our deepest condolences on the passing of the late.

[mansooraqureshi]

God give his family strength to deal with the tragedy, Peace to his soul.. it is all shocking.

[HK]

May he rest in peace, very sad to hear the news of his death he waa a great foreign minister of Iran.