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May 20, 2024 · The president of Iran is usually elected every four years by a "direct vote of the people", as set out by Article 114 of the Iranian Constitution, [7] which means that a presidential election should have taken place on or before 18 June 2025, but due to the death of the president, it will be held earlier.
May 21, 2024 · Iran will hold presidential elections on June 28, after Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Vice President Mohammad Mokhber has taken over as interim president, in keeping with the country's constitution.
- Before The 1979 Revolution
- After The Revolution
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- Economy and Nuclear Deal
Raisi was born in Mashhad in northeastern Iran, a major city and a religious centre for Shia Muslims as it houses the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth imam. Growing up in a clerical family, Raisi received a religious education and began attending the seminary in Qom when he was 15. There, he studied under several prominent scholars, including Khamen...
Following the revolution, Raisi joined the prosecutor’s office in Masjed Soleyman in southwestern Iran. Over the next six years, he added to his experience as a prosecutor in several other jurisdictions. A crucial development came when he moved to Iran’s capital, Tehran, in 1985 after being appointed deputy prosecutor. Human rights organisations sa...
In 2017, Raisi ran for president for the first time and became the main candidate against Rouhani, a moderate who championed engagement with the West and Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers that lifted multilateral sanctions in exchange for curbs on the country’s nuclear programme. Raisi and his ally Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who in 2020 bec...
When pressed by another candidate, Raisi briefly discussed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the nuclear deal that former US President Donald Trump unilaterally abandoned in 2018 is formally known. While he had previously opposed the deal, this time he said he would support it as any other state commitment, but will form a “strong”...
Jun 19, 2021 · 19 June 2021. Wariness and welcome for Iran's president-elect. Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi has won Iran's presidential election in a race that was widely seen as being designed to favour him....
2 days ago · Iran on Thursday started registration of candidates for an early election next month following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi ...
Aug 5, 2021 · Aug. 5, 2021. Ebrahim Raisi was sworn into office as Iran’s new president on Thursday, consolidating the power of conservatives who now control all branches of the Islamic Republic’s government...
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4 days ago · Iran opens registration for presidential race to replace late Raisi. Polls originally slated for 2025 were brought forward to June 28 following the president’s death in the May 19 air crash.
