Breaking news out of the middle east, Especial Msnbc our from irans state tv. They are reporting that irans president , Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a Helicopter Crash on sunday. The president was traveling back from a visit to azerbaijan, when the helicopter he was in made a crash landing. For hours, Rescue Workers were searching for the wreckage and any survivors. Have found the crash site, and there were no survivors. That weather is believed to have contributed to the crash, and it certainly slowed down a Search And Rescue efforts which were going on for hours. U. S. Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, earlier on sunday saying intelligence authorities informed him that there is, quote, no evidence of foul play in this crash, adding that it looks like an accident. It is still being fully investigated. The death of irans president comes during a volatile time in the region. Iran and israel have exchanged attacks directly on each other, just last month, and militant groups, backed b
Warrants for the leader of hamas, yahya sinwar and the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Were going to have much more continuing coverage of this coming up. Im kasie hunt, Cnn News Central starts right now cnn. Breaking news we are following this Breaking News. The International Criminal Court Moments ago announced it is seeking Arrest Warrants for the leaders of hamas for the october 7 Terrorist Attacks can israel and also seeking Arrest Warrants for the political and Military Leadership of the state of israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is really defenseman minister. Yoav gallant hamas is top political and military leaders also being sought for Crimes Against Humanity. All named just now, cnns chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour, has this exclusive interview with a Special Prosecutor at the International Criminal court, karim khan, who announced it to her just moments ago. And shes joining us right now from the hague christiane, tell me more tell us
York. Iranian state media is reporting there are no signs of life seen at the crash site of a helicopter that was carrying president Ebrahim Raisi and others. The news of reeses death comes nearly 15 hours after the helicopter crashed in a remote part of the country during dense fog. Rescue efforts have been hampered by bad weather and tough terrain. A number of other top officials, including the countrys Foreign Minister, were also on board. The chopper was heading back to the countrys capital when it reportedly went down. The crash comes at a fraught moment in the middle east, with the War Raging In Gaza and weeks after iran launched a drone and Missile Attack on israel in response to a Deadly Strike on its diplomatic compound in damascus, Hardliner Raisi became president in an historically uncompetitive election in 2021. Previously, the chief justice, he has overseen a period of intensified repression of dissent in a nation convulsed by Youth Led Protests against clerical rule. Agai
Middle east was between saudi arabia and iran and it looked like they would come up against each other but instead they fought proxy wars in yemen especially. Theres been a rapprochement between them recently and the military itself, it is huge, but if you look back, things have changed and look at the Iran Iraq War in the 805, although they had a massive advantage in terms of the people in the army, they were not able to defeat iraq, 5o people in the army, they were not able to defeat iraq, so i dont think at the moment we are looking at an Iranian Military entering into at an Iranian Military entering into a major conflict. This will be, for now, unless they go to an extraordinary situation which will be a major issue for everyone across the globe. They will look to be using pressure as weve seen with hamas and hezbollah, weve seen an incremental rise in skirmishes on the border between israel and laverton but we are not seeing any major escalation where the Rules Of Engagement have
Next hour. We, the air this hour. U. S. Officials say their intelligence over the last half hour, hundreds of iranian drones headed in the direction of israel, Cruise Missiles as well as Ballistic Missiles. We are waiting to see if in fact those drones make their way through the a multiple layers of anticipated intercepts that are going to take place over the next several hours. As i mentioned, we are coming on the air with the breaking coverage of irans retaliatory strikes against israel. This comes after the Israeli Military confirmed more than 100 Drone Strikes were launched by iran today, marking the first time iran has launched a direct Military Attack on israet. Obviously, risking a regional conflict that could draw the United States and its military forces into direct confrontation with iran and its proxies across the region. A senior by an Administration Official is warning iran could launch dozens ofansss Cruise Missiles, not just adding that the u. S. And israel have been clo