No sign of attack on Raisi helicopter, Iranian military says

Ebrahim Raisi and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

The helicopter carrying Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi caught fire soon after it crashed into a mountain and there was no sign it had been attacked, state media reported.

The statement from the general staff of the armed forces in charge of investigating the crash was read out on Iranian state television late on Thursday.