Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is dead alongside the country’s foreign minister and others, they were found dead on Monday hours after the helicopter crashed in a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest, state media reported. Ebrahim was 63.
The crash happened as Israel Hamas and the Middle East war remains unsettled, Which Ebrahim Under Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Launched a drone attack yo Israel last month.
Under Ebrahim, Iran enriched uranium Closer than ever to warfare-grade levels, further increasing tension with the West as Tehran also provided bomb-conveying drones to Russia for its war in Ukraine and equipped militia groups across the region.
At the same time, Iran has faced years of mass protest averse to its Shiite theocracy over its weak economy and women’s rights making the second that much more delicate for Tehran and the future of the country.
The Cause of the crash that occurred in Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province was not given by state TV.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian is among the dead, he was 60. According to the IRNA news agency, The helicopter also carried the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province, Bodyguards, and other officials.