Official says Israel not involved in Raisi helicopter crash

Israel was not involved in the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash that also killed several members of his entourage, an Israeli official tells Reuters.

“It wasn’t us,” said the official, who requested anonymity.

There is no official Israeli reaction to his death.

President Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other officials were found dead at the site of a helicopter crash in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province on Monday, state media said.