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Monday, May 20, 2024
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Monday, May 20, 2024
US State Department says Iran asked for assistance over Raisi helicopter crash
Rescue team members work at the crash site of a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan, in northwestern Iran, on May 20, 2024. (Azin Haghighi/ MOJ News Agency/ AFP)
WASHINGTON — Iran asked the United States for assistance after a helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday, the US State Department says, without providing further details.
“I’m not going to get into the details, but we were asked by the Iranian government for assistance,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters, saying the United States was unable to do so, “largely for logistical reasons.”
