IRANIAN President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were found dead today after their helicopter crashed in a foggy mountain region.

The deaths come amid tensions in the wider Middle East, with Iran and Israel exchanging drone and missile attacks.

All eight people aboard the helicopter died in the crash including the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, a senior cleric from Tabriz, a Revolutionary Guard official and three crew members.