Raisi chopper crashed in fog

TEHRAN: Iran’s final investigation into the May helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi has found it was caused by bad weather, the body investigating the case said Sunday. The main cause of the helicopter crash was the “complex climatic and atmospheric conditions of the region in the spring”, the special board investigating the dimensions and causes of the helicopter accident said. It added that “the sudden emergence of a thick mass of dense and rising fog” caused the helicopter’s collision into the mountain. — AFP

2-day curfew for Iraq census

BAGHDAD: Iraq will impose a two-day curfew in November for the country’s first census in 27 years, the authorities announced on Sunday. The “curfew will be imposed in all provinces of Iraq on November 20 and 21 to conduct a population census”, Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani said in a statement. The last general census was held in 1997 in 15 Iraqi provinces — excluding the three northern provinces that made up the autonomous Kurdistan region. The authorities have partnered with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the upcoming census. — AFP