Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Dies in Helicopter Crash: State Media
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died along with the foreign minister and a number of others after the helicopter they were traveling in crashed in the country’s northwest. He was 63.
The Associated Press, citing state-run news agency IRNA, confirmed the deaths, adding Iranian state TV gave no immediate cause for the crash. Iran’s Press TV confirmed the deaths, though did not cite a source. The report echoes other Iranian media reports including Mehr and Tasmin.
According to The Washington Post, a state TV news anchor “choked up” as she announced the news on live television in Tehran just before 8 .a.m. local time.