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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died in May 19, 2024 helicopter incident.
TEHRAN -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died in a helicopter crash, state-run IRIB TV reported Monday.
Rescuers have spotted the helicopter that was carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials, an official told Iranian state television Monday.?Iran state TV says "no sign" of life in president's helicopter.
A hard landing happened to the helicopter carrying Raisi and other senior officials in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan on Sunday.
China is deeply concerned over the "hard landing" of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday, adding that it hopes Raisi and the others aboard are safe and sound.
The whereabouts of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior officials remain unknown as international teams join local rescuers in the search in northwestern Iran.
TEHRAN -- Iran's Vice President for Executive Affairs Mohsen Mansouri said on Sunday that contact had been established with one of the passengers and one of the crew members aboard the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
TEHRAN -- A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered an accident and made a hard landing in Iran's northwestern province of East Azarbaijan on Sunday, the state-run IRIB TV reported.
The possible site of the incident has been determined to be in Varzaqan, some 670 km away from the capital Tehran, and rescue teams have been dispatched to the scene, the report said.
