Iran's president, foreign minister die in chopper crash - Iranian media

This was reported early Monday morning by the Iranian news agency Mehr, Ukrinform saw.

"A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raeisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian crashed in a dense forest area in East Azarbaijan on Sunday. The helicopter's passengers, including Ebrahim Raeisi, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran's East Azerbaijan Province Governor Malek Rahmati, and Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, the representative of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution to East Azarbaijan province, along with several other people were martyred in the incident," the report said.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, Iran's Supreme Leader  Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared on Iranian television Sunday night with a statement about the crash, telling the nation “there will be no disturbances” in governance.