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![Yan Yan FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Feb. 14, 2023. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/63fbfef172364a9bb568ba4da3ccdc9d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Feb. 14, 2023. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP, File)
![Mert Gokhan Koc FILE - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi listens to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, not in photo, during a joint news conference following their meeting at the Presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 24, 2024. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and others were found dead at the site of a helicopter crash site, state media reported Monday, May 20, 2024. (Mert Gokhan Koc/Dia Images via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a730dc7f962b43dcb25435d9ad5325d9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi listens to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, not in photo, during a joint news conference following their meeting at the Presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 24, 2024. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and others were found dead at the site of a helicopter crash site, state media reported Monday, May 20, 2024. (Mert Gokhan Koc/Dia Images via AP, File)
![Vahid Salemi FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, claps as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi concludes his speech during their joint press briefing at the Saadabad Palace, in Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2022. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4a6a3933bfe749358c1b591c1d1af533/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, claps as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi concludes his speech during their joint press briefing at the Saadabad Palace, in Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2022. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
![Vahid Salemi 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. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6a355d0408ef4752ba394da479036eb5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
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. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
![Uncredited In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Ebrahim Raisi attends a meeting with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev during the inauguration ceremony of dam of Qiz Qalasi, or Castel of Girl in Azeri, at the border of Iran and Azerbaijan, Sunday, May 19, 2024. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/01b872ae688b4d3882e9f1b340117f15/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Ebrahim Raisi attends a meeting with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev during the inauguration ceremony of dam of Qiz Qalasi, or Castel of Girl in Azeri, at the border of Iran and Azerbaijan, Sunday, May 19, 2024. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
![Vahid Salemi 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. Raisi, the country's foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country's northwest, state media reported Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8ec0c24b9e884c15a4a9ba93a486b5b8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
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. Raisi, the country's foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country's northwest, state media reported Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
![Vahid Salemi FILE - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi waves to the crowd during a ceremony in the city of Kerman, Iran, Jan. 5, 2024. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, died in a helicopter crash Sunday, May 19, according to state media. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5cef2149eb724d54bc752bf89dd76831/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi waves to the crowd during a ceremony in the city of Kerman, Iran, Jan. 5, 2024. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, died in a helicopter crash Sunday, May 19, according to state media. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
![Uncredited FILE - In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, shakes hands with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh at his office in Tehran, Iran, March 27, 2024. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/84095b5ea3eb42a0a94199c5dc1b7a59/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, shakes hands with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh at his office in Tehran, Iran, March 27, 2024. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)
![Sergei Savostyanov FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi prior to their talks at the Saadabad palace, in Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2022. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (Sergei Savostyanov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0af186c22ec744faaa9588905a917606/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi prior to their talks at the Saadabad palace, in Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2022. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (Sergei Savostyanov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
![Mary Altaffer FILE - President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi holds up a photo of slain Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as he addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 21, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c9d75dcd8154492092d4b87e323cb071/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi holds up a photo of slain Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as he addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 21, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
![Ebrahim Noroozi FILE - Ebrahim Raisi, then a candidate in Iran's presidential elections, waves to the media after casting his vote at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, June 18, 2021. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/08774cdaed5245c5a2fcae7e4e08358c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Ebrahim Raisi, then a candidate in Iran's presidential elections, waves to the media after casting his vote at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, June 18, 2021. Raisi, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died in a helicopter crash, according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
![Vahid Salemi FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2023, file photo, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi places his hands on his heart as a gesture of respect as he leaves after the conclusion of a news conference in Tehran, Iran. President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash Monday, May 20, 2024, after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country's northwest, state media reported. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b418a916bbc24d14956d6787f25ae7ea/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2023, file photo, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi places his hands on his heart as a gesture of respect as he leaves after the conclusion of a news conference in Tehran, Iran. President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash Monday, May 20, 2024, after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country's northwest, state media reported. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)