Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister, Others Killed In Helicopter Crash

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said on Monday. The leader was a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The charred wreckage of the helicopter which crashed on Sunday carrying Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was found early on Monday after an overnight search in blizzard conditions, according to Reuters.

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