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Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian to be sworn in on July 30

Khamenei urges participation in presidential vote

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for ‘high participation’ in Friday’s presidential election to replace Ebrahim Raisi, who died last month in a helicopter crash...

Iran opens formal registration for presidential candidates

Iran on Thursday began the formal registration of presidential candidates ahead of a snap vote next month to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash....

After Raisi funeral, Iran’s focus turns to vote for successor

After Iran mourned president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, the nation’s focus turns to the election for his successor, with the conservative camp seeking a loyalist to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...

Tens of thousands bid farewell to Raisi

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi was laid to rest on Thursday, concluding days of funeral rites attended by throngs of mourners after his death in a...

Fakhrul signs condolence book for Iranian president and FM

The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday signed the condolence book opened at the Iranian Embassy here following the death of its president Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, and their entourage in a helicopter crash....

Raisi to be buried today in his home town

Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash, will be buried Thursday in his hometown after two days of funeral processions attended by thousands of mourners...

Some Iranians worry about who will replace Raisi

Concerns are growing among some people in Iran about who will replace Ebrahim Raisi as president of the Islamic republic after his death in a helicopter crash on Sunday...

Iran says used own drones to locate Raisi’s helicopter

The Iranian military said on Wednesday that it had used domestically produced drones to locate the helicopter of president Ebrahim Raisi after it crashed in the northwestern mountains...

Raisi death reshapes Iran succession, puts focus on Khamenei son

The death in a helicopter crash of president Ebrahim Raisi, seen as a possible successor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reshuffled the...

Iranians pay last respects to President Raisi killed in helicopter crash

Tens of thousands mourned Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday after his death in a helicopter crash, amid political uncertainty ahead of an election for his...

Bangladesh to observe state mourning on Thursday over death of Raisi

Bangladesh will observe a one-day state mourning on Thursday showing respect to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who died in a tragic helicopter crash on Monday....

Before Raisi, other leaders killed in aviation accidents

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, whose death in a helicopter crash was announced on Monday, is the latest major political leader to die in an aviation accident....

Iran mourns as President Raisi dies in helicopter crash

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi was confirmed dead on Monday after search and rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded mountain region...

Exiled opposition says Raisi death ‘monumental blow’ to Iran

The death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash is a major blow to the Islamic republic’s clerical leadership, an exiled opposition group said...

Raisi: ultraconservative president close to supreme leader

Always piously dressed in a black turban and religious robe, Iran’s ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi took office during a tumultuous period of...

President, PM mourn death of Raisi

President Mohammed Shahabuddin expressed deep shock and sorrow at the deaths of Iranian president Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and...

Iran vice president Mokhber to assume interim duties after Raisi death: Khamenei

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei assigned vice president Mohammad Mokhber to assume interim duties after the death of president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash a day earlier....

What we know about Iranian president Raisi’s helicopter crash

Iranian media said on Monday that Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi had died after his helicopter crashed in a mountainous region of the country.....

Iran confirms death of president Raisi, 8 others in helicopter crash

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi was confirmed dead on Monday after search and rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded western mountain region, sparking mourning in the Islamic republic...

Iran initiates intense search as helicopter carrying President Raisi goes missing

Iran was thrown into uncertainty Sunday as search and rescue teams scoured a fog-shrouded mountain area after President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter went missing in what state media described as an ‘accident’.

Iran president’s helicopter in ‘accident’

A helicopter carrying Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi was involved in ‘an accident’ amid poor weather conditions on Sunday, state media reported, with a search underway and...

Iran president slates West in Sri Lanka visit

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated a power and irrigation project in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, but arrived in the country without his interior minister, who is...

Iran president arrives in Sri Lanka, inaugurates power, irrigation project

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday and inaugurated a power and irrigation project, unaccompanied by his interior minister who is being sought for arrest over a deadly 1994 bombing...

Iran’s president in Pakistan to mend ties after January strikes

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi held talks with Pakistani leader Shebaz Sharif in Islamabad on Monday, in what experts said was a ‘significant’ visit aimed at mending ties after the neighbours traded deadly cross-border strikes earlier this year...