Who died alongside Iran’s President Raisi in the helicopter crash?
Al Jazeera
Foreign minister among officials and crew on board when the aircraft tumbled down, leaving no survivors.
President Ebrahim Raisi, his foreign minister, and other senior officials are confirmed to have died in a helicopter crash after a long overnight search in dense fog and snow in the mountainous terrain of Iran’s rugged East Azerbaijan province.
Their bodies were found on Monday morning, some hours after their chopper crashed, state media reported.
The accident challenges the country’s senior leadership, with Iran in the midst of heightened regional and global tensions centred on the war in Gaza.
Here’s a look at the officials who were killed:
The 63-year-old Iranian leader was long viewed as the next-in-line to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s highest authority.
