Summary
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister died in a helicopter crash in mountain terrain.
- Search teams located the wreckage, and hopes of survival were fading.
- Raisi, aged 63, was elected president in 2021 and was seen as a possible successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- The crash occurred amidst growing dissent within Iran and international pressure over Tehran’s nuclear program.
