Footage of the "Tsentrospas" helicopter being loaded into the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations' IL-76 aircraft

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The IRGC confirmed that the heat source detected by the Turkish Akıncı drone is believed to be the wreckage of President Raisi's helicopter, Press TV reports.

It is noted that rescue teams are heading to the suspected crash site.

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US congressman says cutting Harvard's federal funding over protests should be ‘on the table’

Rep. Jake Achuincloss (D-MA) said during a televised interview that cutting federal funding to Harvard should be “on the table” in response to what he claims is antisemitism on the campus of the Ivy League school.

“It needs to be on the table,” Achuincloss, a Harvard graduate, said on Fox News Sunday. “Harvard and other universities have unfortunately become ransacked by antisemitism.”

To support his assertion, Achuincloss pointed to the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Campus Antisemitism Report Card which gave Harvard and 12 other top schools failing grades, judging them on three main criteria: “Jewish life on campus,” “incidents on campus” and “administrative actions and policies.”

While the report noted good services for Jewish students on Harvard’s campus, it nevertheless received an F from the ADL, largely due to the protests on campus which were attended and in some cases led by Jewish organizations.

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The first IL-76 aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations flew from Zhukovsky airport to Tabriz to assist in the search for the missing Raisi's helicopter

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Iranian rescuers reached the site of the heat source detected by the Turkish drone, no trace of the Raisi helicopter was found, Press TV reported

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Watch US President Joe Biden sitting at the Morehouse College's graduation ceremony in Atlanta, while looking confused.

It was also noted that some of the Morehouse graduates turned their backs on Biden during his speech.

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❗️ The location of Iranian President Raisi's helicopter has been found and rescuers are approaching the site, Press TV reported

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Iran's ISNA news agency publishes photo from Raisi helicopter crash site

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❗️"Rescuers have reached the wreckage of the helicopter. There was no sign of surviving passengers, after locating the site of the crashed helicopter," Entekhab portal reported, quoting Pir Hosein Kolivand, head of Iran's Red Crescent Society, as saying.

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Iranian news agency Tasnim publishes video of the moment of finding the wreckage of the helicopter, which had Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on board.

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⚡️ Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash, Iran's Mehr News Agency reports

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All those accompanying Iran's president died in a helicopter crash, Mehr news agency reports:

◾️ Hosein Amir Abdollahian, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs (on the photo);

◾️ Malik Rahmati, Governor of the Iranian Province of East Azerbaijan;

◾️ Mohammad Ali al-Hashem, Imam of the city of Tabriz.

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Gaza is facing ‘apocalyptic’ famine

The UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, Martin Griffiths, told the AFP that “apocalyptic” famine is coming to Gaza.

“If fuel runs out, aid doesn’t get to the people where they need it. That famine, which we have talked about for so long, and which is looming, will not be looming anymore. It will be present,” Griffiths said, adding that “and I think our worry, as citizens of the international community, is that the consequence is going to be really, really hard. Hard, difficult and apocalyptic.”

Israel has repeatedly claimed to be doing all it can to facilitate humanitarian aid to Gaza but aid organizations have repeatedly said they have been hampered by Israeli authorities.

For months, Israeli settlers have blocked aid going into Gaza, oftentimes as Israeli police and military forces stand by. Those incidents reached a fevered pitch last week with several violent incidents. On Friday, Israelis attacked a commercial truck drive in Kochav Hashahar, an Israeli West Bank settlement that is considered illegal under international law. The Israelis reportedly attacked the driver, injuring him. Three IDF officers who arrived to treat the driver were also attacked and reportedly suffered minor injuries.

At other incidents of Israelis blocking or destroying aid, the police and military can be seen standing by.

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In the event of the president's death, powers are transferred to the first vice president with the approval of the Supreme Leader, according to Article 131 of the Iranian Constitution.

Currently Mohammad Mokhber is first vice president.

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⚡️Iranian Vice President Mohsen Mansouri confirmed reports of the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation in a helicopter crash

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Life of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died when a helicopter carrying him and 3 others Iranian high-rank officials went down in the country's East Azerbaijan province on May 19. He was 63 years old.

Ebrahim Raisi was elected president by a general vote in 2021, at the age of 61. During his mandate, Iran reestablished diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia - without Western mediation. The country also vastly improved its ties with Russia, de-dollarized and expanded its economic ties with Russia and China. Last but not least, it was under Raisi that Iran became a full-fledged member of the BRICS+ organization.

Raisi was born into a family Raissi of a Shiite Islamic cleric in the city of Mashhad (the second largest city in Iran) on December 14, 1960. As a young man, he was a supporter of the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79 and reportedly took part in the student rebellion.

After graduating from an Islamic school in Qom and finishing his studies in Islamic law in Shaheed Motahari university, Raisi pursued a career in the country’s judicial system, serving as deputy prosecutor of Tehran from 1985 until 1989. He was later appointed to the position of a prosecutor of Tehran.

In 1994, he became the head of Iran’s General Inspection Organization, a position he held until 2004 when he was appointed a deputy Chief Justice of Iran. From 2012 until 2021, Raisi also held the office of the prosecutor general of the country's Special Court for the Clergy.

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