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Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi dies at 63 in helicopter crash


Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died. He was a hard-line protege of the country’s supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels, launched a major attack on Israel and experienced mass protests

9 of 12 | FILE - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during Army Day parade, warning that the ''tiniest invasion’’ by Israel would bring a ''massive and hards’’ response’’, at a military base in northern Tehran, Iran, April 17, 2024. FILE - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during Army Day parade, warning that the ''tiniest invasion’’ by Israel would bring a ''massive and hards’’ response’’, at a military base in northern Tehran, Iran, April 17, 2024. 10 of 12 | FILE— Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a commemoration for the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S drone attack in 2020 in Iraq, at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque, Jan. 3, 2024, in Tehran, Iran.

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