BUTCHER OF TEHRAN DIES IN US MADE HELICOPTER

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi commonly known as the 'Butcher Of Tehran'  has been confirmed dead following a helicopter crash yesterday afternoon. 

State media reported that he, along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, died when the rotorcraft crashed into a hillside in the northwest of the country, near the border with Azerbaijan.

The crash occurred due to poor weather conditions, with blizzards and heavy fog delaying the discovery of the helicopter wreckage for several hours.

"President Raisi, the foreign minister and all the passengers in the helicopter were killed in the crash," a senior Iranian official told Reuters, asking not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.

Raisi's death was later confirmed in a statement on social media by Vice President Mohsen Mansouri and on state television.

State-run news agencies in Iran reported that the craft - a US-made Bell 212 helicopter - had hit a mountain peak, though there has still not yet been official word on the cause of the crash.

Iran's head of state, the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had earlier tried to reassure Iranians, saying there would be no disruption to state affairs.