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Rescuers struggle with search operation to find Ebrahim Raisi because of poor weather conditions.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday ...

A HELICOPTER CARRYING Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has suffered a “hard landing”, Iranian state media reported. Some began urging the public to pray for ...

A helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and FM crashed while travelling back from East Azerbaijan province.

Reports say incident occurred near city of Jolfa along border with Azerbaijan, with rescue crews working to reach aircraft also carrying foreign minister in ...

A helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday (19 May), with rescuers struggling to reach the site of the ...

If Ebrahim Raisi is dead, his government will try to secure the succession as quickly and smoothly as it can.

Details remained scant in the hours after the incident, and it was unclear if Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the other officials had survived.

The presidency, however loyal to the supreme leader – and Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi is considered very loyal to Khamenei – is often cast in the role as a ...

The state-run IRNA media outlet reported that the aircraft carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior officials went down as the president returned ...

A helicopter carrying Iran's president has crashed during bad weather, Iranian state media has said. President Ebrahim Raisi was travelling across the far ...

Iranian state media said the helicopter crashed Sunday in bad weather near Varzaqan in Iran's East Azerbaijan province. They said it was flying President Raisi, ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was traveling in Iran's East Azerbaijan province when the helicopter was forced to land due to weather.

Raisi – a hardline and religiously conservative politician – has deep connections in the judiciary and religious elite.

Rescue teams search through the night in inclement weather * Turkish drone footage suggests helicopter went down in mountains.

Raisi had been tipped as a possible successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Mr Raisi, 63, was seen as a frontrunner to succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iran's Supreme Leader.

Iranian president was travelling in the country's East Azerbaijan province when it came down in a forested area.

CNN's Ivan Watson explains what will happen in the transition of power according to the Iranian constitution following the fatal crash of a helicopter ...

The Iranian government will continue to operate "without the slightest disruption" following the death of president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, ...

The helicopter, which was also carrying Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, went down in poor weather.

Iranians around the world are celebrating the disappearance and possible death of Iran President Ebrahim Raisi's after the helicopter carrying him and his ...

Ultraconservative Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed Sunday, along with his foreign minister, in a helicopter crash in Iran's remote northwest, ...

Ebrahim Raisi and Hossein Amir-abdollahian dead after helicopter went down in mountains close to Azerbaijan border.

The death of Raisi, a hardline conservative viewed as a possible successor to the country's supreme leader, 85-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, comes at a ...

Iranian leader, reported killed in a helicopter crash by state media, was dogged by claims of a key role in executions carried out in the 1980s.

Raisi: a hardliner on morality, protests and nuclear talks. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain, ...

His death in a helicopter crash on Sunday has upended the growing speculation over who will eventually replace the 85-year-old Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali ...

The European commissioner for crisis management has insisted he was not offering “political support” to the Iranian regime after ending a post confirming ...

Raisi, as well as Iran's foreign minister and several other officials, were found dead on Monday, hours after their helicopter crashed in a foggy, ...