Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash, state media reports

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, his foreign minister and other passengers were killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday after search teams located the wreckage in the country's East Azerbaijan province. "President Raisi, the foreign minister and all the passengers in the helicopter were killed in the crash," the senior Iranian official told Reuters, asking not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter. Iran's Mehr news agency confirmed the deaths, reporting that "all passengers of the helicopter carrying the Iranian president and foreign minister were martyred." An Iranian...