Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi dies in air crash
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi dies in air crash

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian died in a helicopter crash, according to media reports.

“The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi, had an accident while serving and performing his duty for the people of Iran and was martyred,” Iran’s Mehr news agency said.

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The Reuters news agency cited an Iranian official as saying that both Raisi and Amir-Abdollahian died in the crash on Monday in the northwestern East Azerbaijan region.

The government is yet to issue an official confirmation of the death.

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State media reported that there were no signs of survivors at the site of the crash.

What you need to know

Iranian state TV reports President Ebrahim Raisi is dead.
There was initially no official confirmation of the whereabouts of 9 people on board the aircraft.

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