The president was seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Iran has declared five days of mourning after President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash. There is no power vacuum, however. According to the constitution, the first vice president assumes power until elections are held…
The deaths of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a helicopter crash on Sunday have now been confirmed by Iranian authorities. After a desperate overnight search for the aircraft in the rugged terrain it had fallen in, rescuers finally found the accident site and retrieved the…
Mokhber led the Iranian supreme leader’s multibillion-dollar charitable conglomerate for 14 years. Mohammad Mokhber is Iran’s interim president now after late President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials were confirmed killed in a helicopter crash and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved his accession to the role. The former first vice…
President Ebrahim Raisi, his foreign minister, and other senior officials are confirmed to have died in a helicopter crash after a long overnight search in dense fog and snow in the mountainous terrain of Iran’s rugged East Azerbaijan province. Their bodies were found on Monday morning, some hours after their…
NewsFeed The first images of the crash site in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province show the burned-out wreckage of part of the helicopter that was carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and seven other passengers who have all been confirmed dead. Published On 20 May 202420 May 2024…
Iranian president was travelling by helicopter in the country’s East Azerbaijan province when it came down in a forested area. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has died after a helicopter carrying him and other officials crashed in a mountainous and forested area of the country in poor weather. The 63-year-old, a…
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…
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