The state media in Iran has confirmed that its President Ebrahim Raisi has been killed in a helicopter crash.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was also killed in Sunday’s crash, along with several others.
The helicopte, one of three travelling in a convoy crashed in heavy fog in the north of the country.
Raisi was heading to the city of Tabriz, in the north-west of Iran, after returning from a dam opening ceremony on the Azerbaijan border.
The president was a hardline cleric close to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
An election for a new president is due to take place in the next 50 days.
Following this, the government has declared a five days of mourning .
BBC
