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“The situation is not good,” emergency services said Monday after the helicopter was located on a mountain in northwest Iran.
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Several Iranian media announced, Monday, May 20, the death of President Ebrahim Raïssi and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in the helicopter accident that occurred on Sunday in north-west Iran. The information, which has not yet been officially confirmed, was notably given by the Mehr agency and the government newspaper Iran Daily, after the discovery of the wreckage of the helicopter at dawn. Follow our live stream.
“No sign” of human life. “At this stage there is no sign that the helicopter passengers are alive.”reported state television after the discovery of the location of the device which crashed on the side of a mountain. “The situation is not good”, Red Crescent leader Pirhossein Koolivand had previously declared, while emergency services “were approaching the crash site”.
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Zoe Aucaignefranceinfo 0 seconds ago
#IRAN Good morning @cyclo_ecolo. According to Iranian media and the country’s official Irna agency, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian also died in the accident of their helicopter.
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#IRAN Hello Zoe. Any news from the minister who was with the president? Also died?
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#IRAN Indian President Narendra Modi said “deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic disappearance” of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. “His contribution to strengthening bilateral relations between India and Iran will always be remembered”he writes on his X account.
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#IRAN The Iranian presidency account announced the death of Ebrahim Raïssi on the social network X, as did the Iranian media. “The great spirit of the popular and revolutionary president of Iran has joined the supreme kingdom”wrote the official Irna agency.
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#IRAN Iranian media announce the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi after the crash of the helicopter transporting him the day before.
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#IRAN The plane carrying the Iranian president crashed yesterday in northwest Iran. During the night, Russia announced sending rescuers to the country to participate in the search.
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#IRAN Emergency services detected “no sign” of human life in the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi.
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It’s 6 o’clock, here is the latest news :
• #NEW CALEDONIA Night from Sunday to Monday “was generally calmer than previous nights”, according to the High Commissioner of the archipelago. A new defense council on the situation on the island will be held at 6:30 p.m.
• #IRAN Emergency services say they did not detect “no sign” of human life in the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi, according to state television. The plane crashed in northwest Iran yesterday.
• #TAIWAN Taiwan’s new President Lai Ching-te was sworn in today. In the process, the social network Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of the X platform, blocked the hashtag of his name.
• #WEATHER REPORT Orange vigilance for “floods” was lifted at 6 a.m. for the Moselle, Météo France announced. It was the last department still affected.
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