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An unusual request for assistance made by Iran to the United States government wasn’t fulfilled. The request was made after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi went missing in a helicopter crash on Sunday in the country’s East Azerbaijan province, according to Reuters. Raisi was found dead on Monday, according to the Associated Press. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller revealed that the Islamist dictatorship had asked the U.S. to help them in some form in the midst of the incident, Reuters reported. “We were asked for assistance by the Iranian government,” he said. Miller left the specifics…