Iranian Media Declares Raisi Dead After Rescuer Says ‘No Sign Of Life’ Found In Chopper Wreckage

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Iranian media declared President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister dead on Monday, hours after his helicopter crashed in a mountainous northwestern region on Sunday. “The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi, had an accident while serving and performing his duty for the people of Iran and was martyred,” Iran’s Mehr agency said as other media outlets also reported the news. Powered by Trukish drones, rescue teams fought blizzards and difficult terrain through the night to reach the wreckage in East Azerbaijan province in the early hours of Monday. Drone footage of the wreckage taken by...