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By bne Tehran bureau Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash, Iranian state television IRIB reported earlier on May 20. The incident occurred in a mountainous region in northwest Iran close to the border with Azerbaijan and Armenia. “Ebrahim Raisi, our country’s president, died in a helicopter crash in the mountainous area of northwest Iran. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was also among the victims,” the agency stated. In addition to the president and the foreign minister, the helicopter carried the Imam of Tabriz Mohammad Ali al-Hashem, East Azerbaijan Prov…

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