Some reaction now from the US, where a handful of lawmakers have addressed the helicopter crash in Iran.
Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said his discussions with US intelligence officials suggest “at this point there is no evidence of foul play” but he would “keep the monitoring the situation as it unfolds”.
“It was very bad foggy weather in north-west Iran where the copter crashed, so it looks like an accident but it’s still being fully investigated,” he said at a news conference.
“Good riddance” was the reaction of Michael Waltz, the Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
“Raisi was a murderous human rights abuser before and during his Presidency,” he wrote on X.
“If Raisi is dead, the world is now a safer & better place,” Rick Scott, a Republican from Florida said on X.
“If he’s gone, I truly hope the Iranian people have the chance to take their country back from murderous dictators,” he added.
The White House said President Joe Biden had been briefed on the crash.
