Revered by the hardline factions within Iran's regime and reviled by human rights organisations, Ebrahim Raisi's journey from a low-ranking cleric's son to the zenith of Iranian power to an abrupt death in an air crash is steeped in controversy.
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Raisi – a hardline and religiously conservative politician – has deep
If the Iranian president turns out to have lost his life in a helicopter
While some support his hard line stance, President Raisi also has many detractors.
Nicknamed “the butcher of Tehran,” the late Iranian President helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several high-ranking officials died in a helicopter crash in East Azerbaijan province, leaving the nation mourning and the international community watching closely as new elections are held to elect his successor.
Authorities have not yet given a cause for the crash that killed Iran's president and seven others.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister are among those found dead at the site of a helicopter crash.
Helicopter went missing in foggy weather conditions in Iran
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died after a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran, multiple news agencies reported, citing Iranian state media.Interior Minister Ahmed Vahidi told IRNA, Iran's state-run news agency, that a helicopter carrying Raisi and other senior Iranian officials was forced to make a "hard landing" on Sunday, without providing further details.Heavy fog and bad weather — and eventually night-time conditions — prevented rescue personnel from immediately reaching the scene,...
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is also confirmed to have died in Sunday's crash in north-western Iran.