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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were among the nine people who died when their helicopter crashed in the country’s mountainous north-west during bad weather, state media reported on Monday. The Iranian Cabinet convened a second emergency meeting in less than 24 hours following the confirmation of the deaths, Iranian media also reported. Vice President Mohammad Mokhber had already chaired a meeting on Sunday evening after the helicopter went missing over East Azerbaijan Province. All nine people on board died. According to protocol, with Raisi’s deat…

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