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Iranian officials say rescue teams dispatched after helicopter suffers 'hard landing' in East Azerbaijan province.

What exactly happened is unclear at this point. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gestures during a funeral ceremony.

Rescuers are trying to locate the helicopter on which President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian were traveling, state media ...

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was involved in an incident while visiting a northern region and his condition is currently unknown, ...

A helicopter flying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi made a "hard landing" Sunday in foggy conditions in central Iran, according to the country's ...

A helicopter carrying ...

DUBAI, May 19 (Reuters) - A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain ...

A helicopter carrying ...

Search and rescue teams are still trying to reach the site due to the difficult weather conditions, officials say.

Rescue teams are searching for the helicopter carrying Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi after it reportedly crashed Sunday amid heavy fog.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed ...

Raisi – a hardline and religiously conservative politician – has deep connections in the judiciary and religious elite.

Iranian state media said the helicopter crashed Sunday in bad weather near Varzaqan in Iran's East Azerbaijan province. They said it was flying President Raisi, ...

Ali Khamenei, the ageing, ailing supreme leader, did not have long to live; when he died, Mr Raisi would surely aim to replace him. But history has a sense of ...

Here are the latest developments. President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran was killed along with the country's foreign minister in a helicopter crash on Sunday in the ...

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several other officials crashed Sunday in the country's East Azerbaijan Province, according to ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran, Iran, on October 23, 2023. Murat Gok/Anadolu/Getty Images. CNN —.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for enforcing brutal crackdowns on political opposition and seen as a potential successor to the supreme leader, ...

Update (May 20th): This article was updated after Iranian state media confirmed Mr Raisi's death. THREE YEARS ago, when Ebrahim Raisi won the presidency in ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protégé of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later ...

Iranians around the world are celebrating the disappearance and possible death of Iran President Ebrahim Raisi's after the helicopter carrying him and his ...

The hard-line Shiite cleric was seen as a possible successor to Iran's supreme leader. Mr. Raisi's death comes at a moment of turbulence for a country ...

The helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials were killed is likely to reverberate ...

Iranian president was travelling in the country's East Azerbaijan province when it came down in a forested area.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner and potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in ...

Foreign minister among officials and crew on board when the aircraft tumbled down, leaving no survivors.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Kamenei offered condolences after the deaths of the president and foreign minister.

The helicopter, which was also carrying Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, went down in poor weather.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and several other officials were found dead on Monday, hours after their helicopter crashed, ...

His death in a helicopter crash on Sunday has upended the growing speculation over who will eventually replace the 85-year-old Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali ...

World leaders have expressed their condolences on the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. Rescue teams began searching for Raisi ...

Iran's ultraconservative president, killed in a helicopter crash, oversaw a crackdown on women's protests and was linked to extrajudicial killings in the ...

Mohammad Mokhber is Iran's interim president now after late President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials were confirmed killed in a helicopter crash and ...

The bodies of Iran's president and other government leaders were found dead hours after their helicopter crashed in a foggy, mountainous region of the ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country's foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, were declared dead Monday in a helicopter crash, Iranian state ...

Once seen as a likely successor to Iran's Supreme Leader, President Ebrahim Raisi has died in office, leaving the Islamic Republic's hardline establishment ...

Mohammad Mokhber worked in state-affiliated financial organizations before entering politics. He will lead the Iranian government until its presidential ...

Under the Iranian system, the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has the final say on all important matters in Iran. Khamenei is 85 and Raisi, 63, who had ...

Sanctions have prevented Iran from procuring new aircraft or equipment, which has been linked to aviation accidents.

The sudden death of Iran's president, Ebrahim Raisi, opens a new chapter of instability just as the increasingly unpopular Islamic Republic is engaged in ...

In their three years in power, President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran and his equally hard-line foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, did everything they ...

Iranian state media reported Monday that no survivors had been found at the site of the crashed helicopter carrying Ebraham Raisi.

The deaths of the president and other officials in a helicopter crash are not likely to lead to major policy changes. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gestures.

Biden administration officials still fear Iran could blame the U.S. or Israel for the helicopter crash that killed Ebrahim Raisi.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media. Here's how his death might contribute to instability in Iran and ...

President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were killed in a helicopter crash in poor weather.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died Sunday in a helicopter crash, a shocking turn of events that immediately raised questions about the Islamic Republic's ...

A helicopter crash on 19 May killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who many had thought was the likely successor to the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader.