Iranian Vice President confirms President Ebrahim Reisis' death

The helicopter ruins that Rais was carrying and Foreign Affairs Minister Hossain Amirabdullahian were found on Monday morning, following a quick search operation.

Vice President Rais, Minister of Foreign Affairs and all of the helicopter passengers have drowned”, a senior Iranian official has told Reuters, demanding that his name be not named.

Later, his death was confirmed by the vice president of this country, Mohsen Mansour.

Reiss was seen as the potential successor of Supreme Leader Ailetlah Ali Khamenei.