{"id":930,"date":"2024-05-20T07:42:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T06:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lequotidien-deconstantine.dz\/?p=930"},"modified":"2024-05-20T07:43:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T06:43:50","slug":"iran-president-killed-in-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lequotidien-deconstantine.dz\/?p=930","title":{"rendered":"Iran President killed in crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Iran’s President, Ebrahim Raisi, has been killed in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area of north-western Iran, the country’s state media has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was travelling with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large search and rescue operation to try and locate the aircraft was launched on Sunday – with Russia and Turkey among the countries assisting in the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was initially reported that the helicopter carrying Mr Raisi and the foreign minister had made a rough landing in foggy conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It came down in a remote area of north-western Iran on the way back from Azerbaijan where Mr Raisi had been meeting President Ilham Aliyev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahead of state media confirming the death vigils had taken place in the capital, Tehran, with pictures showing people kneeling in prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Raisi, 63, was a hard-line cleric close to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and was seen by some as a potential successor to the 85-year-old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His election as president in 2021 consolidated the control of conservatives over every part of the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement following his death, the Iranian government said it would continue to operate \u00ab\u00a0without disruption\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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