Iran's president found dead in wreckage of helicopter crash
It took hours of searching to find the wreckage of the helicopter, which went down while carrying Raisi and other Iranian officials.
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It took hours of searching to find the wreckage of the helicopter, which went down while carrying Raisi and other Iranian officials.
Once seen as a likely successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, President Ebrahim Raisi has died in office, leaving the Islamic Republic’s hardline establishment
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country's foreign minister, who were found Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, have left the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East.
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi's demise has sparked questions about who will now succeed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The occupant of the high-profile post has the ultimate power in the Islamic Republic, having the final say in all policies. But how did ayatollahs come to power?