Rescue teams in northwest Iran early Monday located the missing helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi.
Iran's Vice President confirmed the death of President Raisi along with his companions onboard, including Iran's Foreign Minister.
Fears had been growing for the 63-year-old ultraconservative after contact was lost with the aircraft carrying him as well as Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and others in East Azerbaijan province on Sunday, reports said.
"Upon finding the helicopter, there was no sign of the helicopter passengers being alive as of yet," state TV reported about 15 hours after the aircraft went missing.
Earlier, Iran deployed members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and army forces to the search area to help look for the helicopter. Around 40 search and rescue teams, medical crews and drones were also deployed
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