Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash state media announced on Monday.

State TV and the IRNA news agency confirmed his death.

"Ayatollah Raisi, the beloved president of our country, was martyred in a helicopter crash in the Varzghan region of East Azerbaijan and joined the Supreme Kingdom," IRNA said.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian East Azerbaijan provincial governor Malik Rahmati and Mohammed Ali Ale Hashem, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali AKhamenei’srepresentative to East Azerbaijan, were also confirmed dead.

Mehdi Mousavi, head of Mr Raisi's protection unit, and several bodyguards were also killed in the crash, IRNA reported.

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