Iranian president along with foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian have died in the helicopter crash
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Raisi died when a helicopter carrying him back from a visit to the Azerbaijani border crashed in mountainous terrain, killing all aboard, a senior Iranian official said. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was among those killed. Elected president in a closely controlled vote in 2021, Raisi took a tough stance in the nuclear negotiations, seeing a chance to win broad relief from U.S. sanctions in return for only modest curbs on Iran's increasingly advanced technology.