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Iran’s president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media says

The helicopter that crashed Sunday in a remote, mountainous region was carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials.

In this photo provided by the official Islamic Republic News Agency, the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi takes off Sunday at the border with Azerbaijan. Ali Hamed Haghdoust / Islamic Republic News Agency via AP

In this photo provided by the official Islamic Republic News Agency, the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi takes off Sunday at the border with Azerbaijan. Ali Hamed Haghdoust / Islamic Republic News Agency via AP

DUBAI —  Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash Monday after an hours-long search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest, state media reported. Raisi was 63.

The crash comes as the Middle East remains unsettled by the Israel-Hamas war, during which Raisi under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched an unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel last month. Under Raisi, Iran enriched uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels, further escalating tensions with the West as Tehran also supplied bomb-carrying drones to Russia for its war in Ukraine and armed militia groups across the region.

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Author: Editors Desk, Jon Gambrell

Source: Los Angeles Times

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