The ceremony, which took place at the Relief and Rescue Organization of the IRCS in Tehran, was attended by a large number of aid workers, personnel, and senior officials of the Iranian Red Crescent.

The Iranian Red Crescent helicopter crashed on October 3rd in the Oshtorankuh mountains of Lorestan province when it was carrying out a rescue mission. On board were nine individuals: four flight crew members and five Red Crescent rescuers. The pilot, Captain Mohsen Mehrabzadeh, and the flight engineer, Captain Seyyed Hassan Mir Ghazi, lost their lives at the crash site.