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Live updates: Iran VP confirms President Raisi's death in chopper crash

CGTN

- Iranian Vice President for Executive Affairs Mohsen Mansouri confirmed on social media X the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in the helicopter crash.

- Rescue teams fought blizzards and difficult terrain through the night to reach the wreckage in the early hours of Monday.

- The helicopter carrying nine people, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and Governor of Eastern Azerbaijan province Malek Rahmati, ran into trouble in heavy fog while returning from a trip at the Iran-Azerbaijan border, Iranian officials said Sunday.

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