Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, said Iran’s official media. The charred wreckage of the helicopter which crashed on Sunday carrying President Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was found early on Monday after an overnight search in blizzard conditions.
“President Raeisi, along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, East Azarbaijan Gov. Malek Rahmati, East Azarbaijan Imam of Friday Prayer Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem and several other passengers, has been martyred in a helicopter crash in northwest of Iran,” said Iran’s Press TV.
