the death of Ebrahim Raïssi announced by state media

Hello everyone and welcome to this live broadcast devoted to monitoring developments in the situation in Iran, where the president’s helicopter was the victim of an “accident” yesterday.

The emergency services were heading around 5 a.m. (local time, 3:30 a.m. Paris time) towards a location which could be that of the accident, according to images transmitted by a Turkish drone equipped with night vision, indicated the Red Crescent. But at this stage, the aircraft and its occupants have still not been found, state television indicates.