Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president, dies in helicopter crash aged 63 |
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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has died after a helicopter carrying him and other officials crashed in a mountainous and forested area of the country in poor weather.
The 63-year-old, a figure representing conservative and hardline factions in Iranian politics, was president for nearly three years and appeared on track to run for re-election next year. Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar looks back at his life. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Iran #EbrahimRaisi #Raisi #IranPolitics #IranHelicopterAccident #EastAzerbaijan #AlJazeeraEnglish #raisi #iran |