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Iran‘s President Ebrahim Raisi has been killed in a helicopter crash, Iranian state media has confirmed.
Mr Raisi was on board an aircraft alongside the Iranain foreign minster Hossein Amir-Abdollahian when it crashed into a mountain range on Sunday after it got into difficulty while travelling in heavy fog.
Rescuers said there was “no sign of life” when they managed to reach the wreckage with the search effort hampered by bad weather conditions.
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Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, 63, is confirmed dead after ‘no sign of life’ was found at helicopter crash site – as drone footage shows aircraft slammed into mountainside
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