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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ebrahim_RaisiEbrahim Raisi - Wikipedia

    Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati [a] (14 December 1960 – 19 May 2024), better known as Ebrahim Raisi, [b] was an Iranian politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.

  2. www.bbc.com › news › articlesIran helicopter crash: What we know about how Ebrahim Raisi died...

    May 20, 2024 · President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people were killed on Sunday when the helicopter they were travelling in came down near the border with Azerbaijan, Iranian authorities have confirmed.

  3. www.cnn.com › middleeast › live-newsLive updates: Iran President Ebrahim Raisi dead in helicopter ......

    May 20, 2024 · Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was confirmed dead by state media on Monday morning, after a helicopter he was traveling in alongside Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and seven others ...

  4. apnews.com › article › iran-ebrahim-raisi-obituary-helicopter-crash-107ffb888540efIranian President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protege, dies...

    May 20, 2024 · Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died. He was a hard-line protege of the country’s supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels, launched a major attack on Israel and experienced mass protests

  5. www.nytimes.com › 2024/05/20 › worldEbrahim Raisi, Iran’s President, Is Dead at 63 - The New York...

    May 20, 2024 · Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president and a top contender to succeed the nation’s supreme leader, was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash. He was 63.

  6. www.aljazeera.com › news › 2024/5/20Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president, dies in helicopter crash aged 63

    May 20, 2024 · 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.

  7. www.bbc.com › news › world-middle-east-57421235Ebrahim Raisi: The hardline cleric who became Iran president - ...

    Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, was a hard-line cleric close to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

  8. www.britannica.com › biography › Ebrahim-RaisiEbrahim Raisi | Biography, Death, President, & Iran | Britannica

    Sep 15, 2024 · Ebrahim Raisi was an Iranian cleric, prosecutor, and politician who served as Iran’s head of the judiciary (2019–21) and later as the country’s president (2021–24). He received a religious education on the eve of the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

  9. www.nytimes.com › 2024/05/19 › worldWho Was Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi? - The New York Times

    May 19, 2024 · Ebrahim Raisi, 63, a hard-line religious cleric, was elected president of Iran in 2021. In his tenure as president, he oversaw a strategy to expand his country’s regional influence — backing...

  10. edition.cnn.com › 2024/05/19 › middleeastIranian President Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister confirmed...

    May 19, 2024 · Ultraconservative Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed Sunday, along with his foreign minister, in a helicopter crash in Iran’s remote northwest, injecting fresh uncertainty as the...