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Rescue team members work at the crash site of a crashed helicopter, an incident that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan, in northwestern Iran, on May 20, 2024. Azin Haghighi/AFP via Getty Images
Russia’s president and foreign minister have sent messages of condolence to Tehran after their Iranian counterparts were both killed in a helicopter crash.
On the evening of May 19, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died when their helicopter crashed in Iran’s Eastern Azerbaijan province.