An imam, a governor and commander of the Presidential Protection Unit, reveals the identity of other victims from the helicopter crash in Iran

The names of some of those killed in the helicopter crash have been published, except for Iranian President Ebrahim Rais and Foreign Minister Josein Amir-Abdullahian.

The state news agency IRNA reports that Ayatolah Mohammad Ali Al-Hashem, the imam of the town of Tabriz, and General Malek Rahmati, governor of the Iranian province of eastern Azerbaijan, were also on the helicopter.

The commander of the unit for the defense of the president, Sardar Seyed Mehdi Mousavi, and a certain number of bodyguards and helicopter crew, whose names have not yet been disclosed.

Iranian President Ebrahim Reisi's death could not have come to a more unstable “” both for Iran and the region, CNN International Editor-in-chief Christiane Ammanpour says in an analysis.

She said Reiss' death comes as Israel's fight against Hamas continues in its eighth month, sparking a growing humanitarian catastrophe and increasing regional tensions.

The eternal shadow war between Israel and Iran that has continued has come to light in recent weeks,” said Ammanpour. “You can imagine about the United States, for the West, one of the most important issues is the Iranian nuclear issue”, she added.

Reiss took over the presidency after negotiations with the US on how to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement stalled.

Ammanpour noted that Reis was at one point considered the successor of Supreme Leader Ayatolah Ali Khamenei, who is 85 years old.

The “was then considered that Reis had disqualified himself somewhat, given the political and popular uprising against him in Iran. In addition to the fact that the economy is really bad for people, it is not considered to have brought any prosperity to the Iranian nation”, Amanpour said.

Reiss was not unknown to domestic political disputes and was deeply involved in the depression following the Iranian Revolution that turned the country into an Islamic republic.

“It monitored some of the trials for the revolution and at one point signed one that led to the execution of thousands of officials against the regime,” said Ammanpour.