Iran's President Raisi and Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian killed in helicopter crash, state media says

• Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian died in a helicopter crash, state media reported Monday.
• Iranian state television reported "no sign of life" at the crash site of the helicopter that carried Raisi, Amirabdollahian, and others.
• "All the passengers of the helicopter carrying the Iranian president and foreign minister were martyred," semi-official news agency Mehr News reported.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian died in a helicopter crash, state media reported Monday.

Iranian state television reported there was "no sign of life" at the crash site of the helicopter that carried Raisi, Amirabdollahian, and others.

"All the passengers of the helicopter carrying the Iranian president and foreign minister were martyred," semi-official news agency Mehr News reported.

Drone footage published on state media FARS News Agency showed the chopper's wreckage on a steep hillside.

"The consequences of this are probably going to be rather contained," Ali Ahmadi, executive fellow at the Geneva Center for Security Policy, told CNBC's "Street Signs Asia."

President Raisi was a fairly marginal figure in national security decision, said Ahmadi, adding that Iranian foreign policy is principally governed by the Office of the Supreme Leader and the Iranian military. "The overall outline of Iranian foreign policy is not likely to change significantly."

Raisi was returning after inaugurating a dam on Iran's common border with the Azerbaijan Republic, when his helicopter crashed upon landing in northern Iran's Varzaqan region on Sunday evening local time, according to state news agency IRNA.

East Azerbaijan's governor, Malik Rahmati, and Raisi's security