Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and others found dead at the site of a helicopter crash

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, state media said on Monday. NBC News' Claudio Lavanga has the latest on Early Today.

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