The helicopter, which was also carrying Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, went down in poor weather. State media in Iran have reported the death of President Ebrahim Raisi after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed in poor weather in an eastern province. The reports came after rescuers from the Iranian…
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has disappeared after the helicopter he was in went down in the country’s East Azerbaijan province. The 63-year-old political heavyweight has long been regarded as the natural successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the highest authority in Iran. An established presence with deep connections in…
NewsFeed A helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and the foreign minister has crashed in a remote area in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. Search and rescue efforts have been hampered by bad weather. Published On 19 May 202419 May 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook…
EXPLAINER A helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and the foreign minister crashed while travelling back from East Azerbaijan. The world is watching as Iran mobilises emergency crews to search for President Ebrahim Raisi, whose helicopter – which was travelling in a convoy – went down in a remote area…
NewsFeed The helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the foreign minister has suffered a ‘hard landing’ according to local media, amid bad weather in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar in Tehran explains what we know so far. Published On 19 May 202419 May 2024 Check out…
Court rules detention can be justified when an individual is refusing to cooperate in their deportation. Australia’s High Court has dismissed a closely-watched bid by an Iranian asylum seeker demanding to be released from immigration detention because he feared being held indefinitely. The man has been resisting deportation from Australia…
Grossi urges ‘practical and tangible measures’ to accelerate cooperation in talks in Tehran on Iran’s nuclear programme. The head of the United Nations nuclear body has called on Iran to increase its efforts to make cooperation tangible and “concrete”. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi urged Tehran on…
Islamabad, Pakistan – The United States has warned Pakistan of the risk of sanctions after it promised greater security and economic cooperation with Iran during a visit by President Ebrahim Raisi. The first Iranian president to visit the South Asian country in eight years, Raisi concluded his three-day trip on…
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is caught between two regional powers and could face serious social, political and economic repercussions should regional tensions continue to intensify. Jordan’s tenuous position means that any regional action – an intensification of hostilities between Iran and Israel or an Israeli invasion of Rafah –…
Analysts say his comments have dampened fears of an all-out war between Iran and Israel. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has praised the country’s armed forces for their “success” after Tehran launched an unprecedented direct attack on Israel last week. In a meeting with Iranian military commanders on Sunday,…
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