The deadly crash of a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi jolted an already tense Mideast and raised major questions about the future of the Islamic Republic in a region where Iran is a major financier of terrorist groups like Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.
Officials early Monday declared that there were no signs of life at the crash site in the mountainous area near Iran’s border with Azerbaijan.
“President Raisi’s helicopter was completely burned in the crash … unfortunately, all passengers are feared dead,” one Iranian official told Reuters.
