(FILES) Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi speaks before parliament in the capital Tehran, on August 25, 2021, to defend his choices for the ministerial posts. Iranian media declared President Ebrahim Raisi dead on May 20, 2024 after his helicopter crashed in a mountainous northwestern region, but there has not yet been any official confirmation. Contact was lost with the aircraft carrying him as well as Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and others in East Azerbaijan province on May 19, 2024, reports said. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)