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The president of Iran (Persian: رئیسجمهور ایران, romanized: Rais Jomhure Irān) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the second highest-ranking official, after the Supreme Leader.The first election was held in 1980 and was won by Abulhassan Banisadr. Mohammad Mokhber currently serves as the acting President of Iran following the death of Ebrahim Raisi, the former president, on 19 May 2024.He is expected to be succeeded by Masoud Pezeshkian on July 30 ...
Raisi was the second president of Iran to have died in office, following Mohammad-Ali Rajai, who died in a 1981 bombing. Following confirmation of Raisi's death, Khamenei declared five days of national mourning. Hundreds gathered in Vali-e-Asr square in mourning for the president. At a meeting of the Assembly of Experts on 21 May, a flower-ringed portrait of Raisi was placed on his seat. Leaders and officials of several countries and international organizations extended their condolences and ...
May 20, 2024 · Once seen as a likely successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, President Ebrahim Raisi has died in office, leaving the Islamic Republic’s hardline establishment facing an uncertain future.
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. A conservative Shiite Muslim cleric who had a ...
May 20, 2024 · Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash at age 63, the government confirmed. The country’s foreign minister and seven others were killed after the crash in a remote ...
May 20, 2024 · The deaths of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, and foreign minister left the country without two of its most influential figures at a moment of regional and domestic tumult. Funeral services ...
May 20, 2024 · A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed while he was visiting a northern region in the country Sunday, according to the Iranian state news agency IRNA.
May 20, 2024 · Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was declared dead on Monday morning after the helicopter he was travelling in with other senior officials went down in the country’s East Azerbaijan province ...
May 20, 2024 · What we know: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash, state media reported today.; The cause of Sunday's crash was unclear. Iranian officials said fog and bad weather in ...
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. His election in 2021 consolidated the ...
