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 This frame grab from video released by the Iranian Red Crescent on May 20, 2024 shows a screen display showing a video showing the crash site of the missing helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi in East Azerbaijan province. Rescue teams in northwest Iran early Monday located the missing helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi but no signs of life had been detected so far, state TV reported. Photo by Handout / Iranian Red Crescent / AFP

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This frame grab from video released by the Iranian Red Crescent on May 20, 2024 shows a screen display showing a video showing the crash site of the missing helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi in East Azerbaijan province. Rescue teams in northwest Iran early Monday located the missing helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi but no signs of life had been detected so far, state TV reported. Photo by Handout / Iranian Red Crescent / AFP

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  • Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash, state media confirms.
  • Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian also died in the crash, along with several other individuals.
  • Bodies have been recovered from the crash site, says Red Crescent
  • Raisi was en route to the city of Tabriz in north-western Iran after visiting the Iran-Azerbaijan border area, according to local media.
  • Rescuers who reached the crash site in north-western Iran initially reported "no sign of life."
  • The incident triggered a massive search operation that was hampered by adverse weather conditions.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday, after search teams located the wreckage in East Azerbaijan province.
"President Raisi, the foreign minister and all the passengers in the helicopter were killed in the crash," the senior Iranian official told Reuters, asking not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.

An Iranian official earlier told Reuters the helicopter carrying Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was completely burned in the crash on Sunday.

State TV reported that images from the site showed the aircraft slammed into a mountain peak, although there was no official word on the cause of the crash.