All passengers and the crew of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter died in the crash, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society Pir Hossein Kolivand announced.
"No signs of alive passengers have been found after the discovery of the crashed helicopter location," he said on IRIB TV channel.
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The Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, according to Iran's State TV, after search teams located the wreckage in East Azerbaijan province.
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Iran's Mehr news agency confirmed the deaths, reporting that "all passengers of the helicopter carrying the Iranian president and foreign minister were martyred".