Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, dies in a helicopter crash. Raisi was traveling from the northeastern border regions to the city of Tabriz in East Azerbaijan Province, where he was scheduled to inaugurate an oil refinery. Also killed on board the same aircraft were Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, East Azerbaijan Province Governor Malek Rahmati, and Tabriz Friday prayer leader Mohammadali Al-Hashem. Earlier in the day, Raisi had visited the Aras River on the border with the Republic of Azerbaijan to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
