{"id":112039,"date":"2024-05-20T07:01:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T06:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=112039"},"modified":"2024-05-20T07:01:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T06:01:40","slug":"breaking-iranian-president-raisi-is-confirmed-dead-after-helicopter-crash-state-agencies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-iranian-president-raisi-is-confirmed-dead-after-helicopter-crash-state-agencies-say\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Iranian President Raisi is confirmed dead after helicopter crash, state agencies say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian media has confirmed the death of Iran\u2019s President Ebrahim Raisi, aged 63, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian following a helicopter crash in the country\u2019s mountainous province of East Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian state media Press TV and semi-official Tasnim and Mehr news agencies reported all those on board were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters also reported the president\u2019s death, citing a senior official.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Raisi, the foreign minister and all the passengers in the helicopter were killed in the crash,\u201d the official told Reuters, asking not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The head of Iran\u2019s Red Crescent, Pir-Hossein Kolivand, said earlier Monday there were no signs of life of those traveling on board the helicopter, Iranian state news IRIB reported.<\/p>\n<p>The helicopter carrying nine people ran into trouble in heavy fog while returning from a trip to the Iran-Azerbaijan border, Iranian officials said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The crash prompted an hours-long search-and-rescue operation with assistance from the European Union and Turkey, among others, but emergency crews were hampered by the fog and plummeting temperatures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian media has confirmed the death of Iran\u2019s President Ebrahim Raisi, aged 63, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian following a helicopter crash in the country\u2019s mountainous province of East Azerbaijan.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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