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.
The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
The newly appointed heads of mission of Sri Lanka held discussions with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya today at the Sri Lankan parliament to explore ways to enhance diplomatic cooperation.
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