Iran president death latest: Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister dead in helicopter crash; rescuers locate ‘completely burned’ wreckage


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China and Russia among latest countries to react There's been a flurry of reaction internationally to the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian. Many world and regional leaders have offered their condolences - here we round up a few. China The Chinese foreign ministry released a statement saying that President Xi Jinping had already been in touch with Iranian leadership to express his condolences. Russia Vladimir Putin said Mr Raisi had made "invaluable" contributions to Moscow-Tehran relations as he expressed condolences. Meanwhile, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov described the president and his foreign minister as...