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### What We Know So Far About the Helicopter Crash That Killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi

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## Transcript

Regarding the death of Iran's president in the very unfortunate helicopter crash. We continue to monitor this situation, but we don't have any insights into the cause of the accident at this point. And certainly, I know the Iranians are investigating or we'll investigate and so we'll see what the outcome is once their investigation is complete. In terms of our force posture, I don't have any announcements to make. And again, this is something that we'll continue to watch, and I don't Necessarily see any broader regional security impacts at this point in time.

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