DAILY STAR
Kremlin spin doctors were quick to point the finger at the West for the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.
The wreckage of the ill-fated US-made Bell 212 helicopter was discovered by rescue teams today, with initial reports suggesting that the dreadful weather in the country’s mountainous northwest could be the cause as the duo were en route to Tehran.
Mehr news agency reported that Raisi, aged 63, “accepted martyrdom” while “fulfilling his duty to the people of Iran.” In an emergency government meeting held in Tehran, the president’s chair remained vacant.
Meanwhile in Russia, on the orders of Vladimir Putin, Moscow dispatched an emergency rescue team to aid in the search for the president – but they arrived too late.
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