Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi dies in helicopter crash

Country's foreign minister and others also dead

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attends a meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on the Azerbaijan-Iran border on May 19. (Iran's Presidency/WANA /handout via Reuters)

TALA TASLIMI, Nikkei staff writer

TEHRAN -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash, the government said on Monday, after a huge rescue effort was launched to find the 63-year-old and others on board.

The aircraft carrying Raisi and the country's foreign minister crashed as it was crossing mountainous terrain in northwestern Iran on Sunday.

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