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- Iranian authorities have so far not given a cause. However, government ministers have described how the helicopter crashed after getting into difficulties in heavy fog and rain.
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May 20, 2024 · President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people were killed on Sunday when the helicopter they were travelling in came down near the border with Azerbaijan, Iranian authorities have confirmed.
May 19, 2024 · A helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and FM crashed while travelling back from East Azerbaijan province.
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State TV gave no immediate cause for the crash in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. With Raisi were Iran’s foreign minister, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province and other officials and bodyguards, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
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May 20, 2024 · Iranian state media said on Monday that President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, and others have been found dead at the site after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest. Here’s what we know so far.
May 19, 2024 · The cause of the crash remains unclear, but the Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Maj Gen Mohammad Hossein Bagheri has launched an investigation, according to state media. The funeral rites...
May 21, 2024 · How helicopter crash that killed Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi unfolded. Body of the 63-year-old hardliner was found in East Azerbaijan province, state media reports
May 20, 2024 · Iran’s chief of staff of the Armed Forces, Mohammad Bagheri, has ordered an investigation into the cause of the helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein...