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.
Country's foreign minister and others also dead
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)
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.