Uzi, Varzaqan

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|subdivision_name1 =East Azerbaijan

|subdivision_type2 =County

|subdivision_name2 = Varzaqan

|subdivision_type3 =Bakhsh

|subdivision_name3 =Central

|subdivision_type4 =Rural District

|subdivision_name4 =Bakrabad

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|population_as_of = 2006

|population_total =161

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|timezone = IRST

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Uzi ({{langx|fa|اوزی}}, also Romanized as Ūzī; also known as Yuzi){{GEOnet3|-3087969|Uzi}} is a village in Bakrabad Rural District, in the Central District of Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 161, in 32 families.{{IranCensus2006|03}}

On May 19, 2024, Ebrahim Raisi, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Malek Rahmati and Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem were killed near this village after the presidential helicopter crashed in a forested area 2 kilometers south-west of Uzi.{{cite news |last1=Mahmoodi |first1=Negar |last2=Moshtaghian |first2=Artemis |last3=Qiblawi |first3=Tamara |last4=Tanno |first4=Sophie |last5=Rogan |first5=Helen |last6=Picheta |first6=Rob |date=20 May 2024 |title=Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister confirmed dead in helicopter crash |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/19/middleeast/iran-ebrahim-raisi-crash-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=22 May 2024 |agency=CNN}}