DUBAI: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helic...
DUBAI: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said on Monday.
Raisi's death was later confirmed in a statement on social media by Vice President Mohsen Mansouri and on state television. “With the discovery of the crash site, no signs of life have been detected among the helicopter’s passengers,“ the head of Iran's Red Crescent, Pirhossein Kolivand, told state TV.
Since Iran's ally Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, provoking Israel's assault on Gaza, conflagrations involving Iran-aligned groups have erupted throughout the Middle East.
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