Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Minister of Overseas Affairs, has confirmed that he has been killed in a helicopter crash

Norman Ray

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Iranian PRESIDENT EXPERIENCES ‘HARD LANDING’ IN HELICOPTER: IRANIAN MEDIA

In accordance with Iranian state media, “no indicators of life” had been reported on Monday on the crash web site of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and different officers. (Ali Hamed Haghdoust/IRNA by way of AP)

Raisi and Amir-Abdollahian had been touring in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province when the helicopter made what state TV described as a “arduous touchdown” close to Jolfa, a city on the border with the nation of Azerbaijan, about 600 kilometers northwest of Tehran . State tv later stated the airplane had crashed additional east close to the village of Uzi, though particulars remained conflicting.

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