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US offers condolences to Iran over President Raisi’s demise

The United States has expressed condolences over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and his accompanying delegation in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area of Iran's northwest.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller offered the condolences in a statement on Monday.

“The United States expresses its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian, and other members of their delegation in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran.”

Raisi lost his life alongside his accompanying delegation after their chopper crashed in the Dizmar forest in East Azarbaijan Province on Sunday.

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