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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsIranian president Ebrahim Raisi has died after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed in a mountainous region of northern Iran in foggy weather ...

By Tom Pyman Published: 06:51 BST, 20 May 2024 | Updated: 13:26 BST, 20 May 2024 Advertisement Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has been killed in a helicopter crash, Iranian state media has confirmed.Mr Raisi was on board an aircraft alongside the Iranain foreign minster Hossein Amir-Abdollahian when it crashed ...

Skip next section Iran's First Vice President Mokhber appointed interim president05/20/2024May 20, 2024Iran's First Vice President Mokhber appointed interim presidentIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has announced that First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber would take over as interim president, following the confirmed death of Raisi. "I announce five days ...

#Pakistan News A hard-liner with close ties to Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guards, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian confronted the West while also overseeing indirect talks with the U.S. over the country's nuclear program before he died in the helicopter crash that also killed the country's president, state media reported Monday. ...

Dubai: A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state television reported, without immediately elaborating.Raisi was travelling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV described the area of the incident happening as being near Jolfa, a city on the border with with the ...

ISTANBULThe US announced Sunday that is closely monitoring developments after a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi reportedly made a "hard landing.""We are closely following reports of a possible hard landing of a helicopter in Iran carrying the Iranian president and foreign minister. We have no further comment at ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and several other officials were found dead on Monday, hours after their helicopter crashed in a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest, state media reported.The crash comes as the Middle East remains unsettled by the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country's foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, leaving the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the ...

The Islamic regime in Iran expressed concern for the lives of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian after the helicopter they were traveling in suffered a "hard landing" on Sunday afternoon.Details about the incident remained unclear as of Sunday afternoon, although reports indicated the accident ...

DEHRADUN: An IAF helicopter was pressed into service on Saturday to extinguish the raging forest fires in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said. The situation in the district worsened on Friday with the flames reaching the High Court Colony in the Pines area. An MI-17 helicopter ...