Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash
14 December 1960 - 19 May 2024
11 commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi Persian. WEB
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed Sunday along with his foreign minister in a helicopter crash in Iran's remote Kerman province, state media reported.
Raisi, 63, was a hard-line religious cleric who was elected president of Iran in 2021. In his tenure as president, he has overseen a strategy to expand Iran's nuclear program and has been accused of human rights abuses.
The helicopter crash occurred in the mountainous region of Bafq, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) southeast of Tehran.
The cause of the crash is not yet known, but Iranian officials have said that they are investigating the incident.
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