Iranian President Killed: New Video Reveals Foggy Helicopter Crash Scene

The chopper slammed into a mountain in bad weather near the Azerbaijan border

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Searchers gather around the helicopter in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and everyone else on board were killed after the craft was found near Iran's boarder with Azerbaijan on Monday, May 20, 2024. CNN video screengrab

New video on Monday showed the foggy crash site where Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed when a helicopter carrying him and the Islamic republic's foreign minister slammed into a mountain near the Azerbaijan border.

Searchers in camouflage uniforms and civilian clothing gathered around the wrecked chopper, according to the clip posted online by CNN.

The heavily wooded scene was blanketed by fog and some of the twisted metal was surrounded by broken tree limbs.

The eerie clip surfaced after CNN telecast drone footage that revealed the site of the deadly crash, which killed everyone on board.

The helicopter crashed in bad weather on Sunday and was found early Monday following an overnight search in blizzard conditions, Reuters reported.

Iran hasn't said why the chopper, identified as an American-made Bell 212, went down but Israel reportedly denied any involvement.

Raisi, 63, was returning from an official visit to inaugurate the Qiz-Qalasi Dam, a joint project with Azerbaijan on the border between both countries.

In addition to the hardline president and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, everyone on board the craft was killed.

The dead reportedly included the governor of East Azerbaijan Province and a senior Islamic religious leader from Tabriz, a city south of the crash site.

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