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The Iranian government says that all nine people killed in Sunday’s helicopter crash have now been identified. Despite severe burns, the identities of all occupants were established on Monday, a high-ranking government representative told the Iranian news agency Tasnim. Their bodies have since been transferred to Tabriz, the capital of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State media had previously confirmed the deaths of all nine occupants of the helicopter, including president Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. The chopper crashed while they were travelling back from a m…

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