Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi has died after helicopter crash
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died after his helicopter crashed in a mountainous area in northwest Iran. Rescue teams located the crash site on Monday morning, after the president and his foreign minister had been missing for over 12 hours. An official reported, "President Raisi's helicopter was completely burned in the crash ... unfortunately, all passengers are feared dead." Raisi, 63, considered a frontrunner to succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iran's Supreme Leader, was traveling after a visit to the border with Azerbaijan. The crash, initially described as a "hard landing," occurred amid foggy conditions on Sunday.
