DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber was appointed as acting president of the Islamic Republic on Monday after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in the country’s northwest. Mokhber, 68, largely has been in the shadows compared to other politicians in Iran’s Shiite theocracy. Raisi’s […]
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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. An ultraconservative president, 63-year-old Raisi was killed Sunday, along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other high-ranking officials, in a helicopter crash in Iran’s remote northwest. Their death comes at a delicate time for a country that faces unprecedented challenges at home and from...
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Iran's Supreme Leader presided over a funeral Wednesday for the late
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader will preside over a funeral Wednesday for the country's late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will begin the service at Tehran University, the caskets of the dead draped in Iranian flags with their pictures on them. On the []
Following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, questions remain over the future of Iran and stability in an already unstable region. Raisi, Iran’s Read More
A date has ben set for Iran’s presidential election. It will be held on 28 June. According to Iran’s constitution new elections were expected to be held in the next 50 days. ran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was also killed in Sunday’s crash, along …
Claudia Sheinbaum, the former head of the government of Mexico City and candidate for the ruling Morena party, is projected to be the country’s first female president, marking a historic achievement in a country known for its deeply patriarchal culture. The 61-year-old rode the wave of popularity of her longtime political ally, the outgoing leftist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and their Morena party. The Electoral Court must still validate the presidential election, and if...
President Ebrahim Raisi was buried in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad on Thursday as many thousands of mourners packed its streets for his funeral, four days after he died in a helicopter crash. The burial ceremony was attended by Iranian government and military officials, as well as religious personalities. Flowers were thrown at his coffin …
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Iran’s president has been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after an hours-long search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest. Ebrahim Raisi, known as the Supreme Leader’s protege, was 63. The crash putting an end to the man known as the ‘Butcher of Tehran.’ Iran’s foreign minister was also […]
The official tone from state-controlled Iranian media was grave and mournful on Sunday night as searchers struggled to reach the wreckage of the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, and other top officials after it crashed into the mountains in blinding fog. Occasionally, however, celebratory fireworks streaked into the sky, a reminder that Raisi, and the regime that controls the Islamic Republic of Iran with increasing ruthlessness, is reviled by large segments of the population. On...