Iran's president killed in helicopter crash

this morning Iran's president and several other leaders have been found dead at this helicopter crash site president ibraim RI Iran's foreign minister and seven others were aboard the aircraft drone video shows the site on a steep wooded Hillside little of the aircraft remaining Beyond its blue and white tail RI seen here in the helicopter on Sunday traveling to the Iranian border with aeran for an event heavy fog blanketed the area of Northwest Iran making it difficult for search and rescue teams to locate the aircraft after more than 12-hour search drones provided by turkey using thermal cameras pinpointed the crash site overnight Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer saying there was no evidence of Foul Play it looks like an accident there was very bad foggy weather in northwest Iran where the copter crashed elected in 2021 president RI was a hardliner and the second most powerful figure in Iran he was seen as a top Contender for replacing Ayatollah keni who vows after the crash there will be no disruption to state Affairs but just weeks after Iran and Israel launched unprecedented strikes on each other experts are questioning how a transition of power in Iran could affect a region already in turmoil nuclear issue is part of them the regional um Peace and conditions are part of them these are all going to be political politically relevant issues um in in the years to come Iran's Constitution mandates a new president must be elected within the next 50 days

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Published: Mon May 20 2024