Verses from the Quran were shared in a post on the X account of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash along with the country'

Iran's President Raisi killed in helicopter crash, state media confirms

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2024-05-20 05:30:01

Verses from the Quran were shared in a post on the X account of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash along with the country's foreign minister.

Raisi was the second-most powerful person in the Islamic Republic's political structure after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini.

Iranian state broadcasters are airing Islamic prayers in between their news broadcasts following the announcement that President Ebrahim Raisi and eight others died after the helicopter they were traveling in crashed in Iran's East Azerbaijan province. 

A photo shared by IRNA showed that the chair that Raisi usually sits in was vacant and draped with a black sash in memory of the president.

The death of Iran’s president and foreign minister in a helicopter crash on a remote mountainside comes at an especially fraught moment in the Middle East – and for Iran domestically.

Israel’s war against Hamas and the subsequent humanitarian catastrophe that has unfolded in Gaza over the last seven months has inflamed global opinion and sent tensions soaring across the Middle East. 

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