Iran’s president and foreign minister die in helicopter crash at moment of high tensions in Mideast
WHNT.com - 2024-05-21T03:50:55.000Z

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, leaving the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in the Shiite []

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