A Hamas-affiliated Telegram account took seriously an Israeli joke about a Mossad agent named "Eli Copter" being responsible for the crash, repeating the claim before deleting the post.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, was killed when his helicopter went down in mountainous terrain in a remote region of the country on Sunday, officials and state media said.
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