Earlier, Mohsen Mansouri, Iran's vice president for executive affairs, confirmed Raisi's death.

In the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, eight others, including the foreign minister, also died.

Raisi's death was later confirmed in a statement on social media by Vice President Mohsen Mansouri and on state television.

The lives of Raisi and Amirabdollahian were "at risk following the helicopter crash," the official added.

Iranian state media said the crash occurred on Sunday near Jolfa in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province.

An official said the lives of Raisi and Amirabdollahian were "at risk following the helicopter crash."

Iranian television broadcast footage showing a large search and rescue team navigating the mountainous area on foot in heavy fog.

According to the report, Ayatollah Al-Hashem, the governor of East Azerbaijan, and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian were also on.

The White House said on Friday that Sullivan would visit Saudi Arabia and Israel to discuss bilateral and regional matters

Israel had said its forces cleared Jabalia months earlier in the Gaza war, triggered by the deadly Hamas-led attacks on.