Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were killed in a helicopter crash while crossing mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border. The charred wreckage was found on Monday (May 20) after an overnight search in blizzard conditions. Raisi was long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. https://cna.asia/4bHQVE9

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