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The End of the “Butcher of Tehran”

On the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi

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May 21, 2024
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On May 19th a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian crashed in the province of East Azerbaijan. Both men were pronounced dead after wreckage from the crash was spotted by a Turkish UAV.

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