Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian died in a helicopter accident on Monday, according to Iranian official media.
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As of 8 a.m. local time, no survivors were found at the crash site despite the presence of additional senior officials on the chopper.
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The Iranian Red Crescent Society's president confirmed that rescue teams have identified Raisi's crashed helicopter, carrying him, Amir Abdollahian, and other senior officials, as they returned from an event along Iran's Azerbaijan border.
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IRNA said that twenty rescue teams, including drones and dogs, had been dispatched to the location, and that the Iranian military had also sent personnel to help in the rescue mission.
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Raisi began studying at the famed Qom religious seminary at the age of 15 and went on to learn from numerous Muslim intellectuals of the period.
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Former clergyman and judge, Raisi, was elected president in 2021, promising Iran to continue fulfilling its nuclear deal with the US despite Trump's 2018 withdrawal.
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Iran's recent attack on Israel, following a Damascus airstrike, has been praised by Iranian President Ra'azi, who claims Israel intercepted 99% of Iran's missiles and drones.
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Iran's president leads the government, but the country is controlled by Khamenei, the supreme leader.
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According to the Council on Foreign Relations, Iran's supreme leader establishes national policies and oversees their execution, as well as controlling the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and police forces.
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Iran's constitution mandates the first vice president to take office if the president dies, with a fresh election required within 50 days.
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