Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced that Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, would serve as the country’s acting president until elections are held.
The Associated Press’ news director for the Gulf and Iran, Jon Gambrell, explains tensions facing Iran after a helicopter crash killed its president. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest, state media reported.
The report says acting President Mohammad Mokhber and other leaders including the head of the judiciary and parliament speaker agreed on the date. The decision must be approved by the Guardian Council, according to Iran’s constitution, which says a new election should be called within 50 days. Austin added that he doesn’t “necessarily see any broader regional security impacts at this point in time.”
Erdogan’s office quoted the Turkish leader as saying Turkey would “continue to fulfil the requirements of the neighborly and brotherly ties” with Iran. Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst and consultant, said Iran likely is tapping the black market for parts amid sanctions on the country. But he said Iran had access to an alternative in Russian helicopters.
BAGHDAD— Iraq has announced that Tuesday will be a national day of mourning for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other members of their delegation who were killed in a helicopter crash in Iran on Sunday. Both men “emphasized their mutual desire to further consistently strengthen comprehensive Russian-Iranian cooperation for the benefit of the peoples of the two countries.”Sanam Vakil, director of the North Africa and Middle East Programme at the London-based think-tank Chatham House, has said she expects Iran’s political establishment to face challenges with legitimacy following the deaths of the President and Foreign Minister.
Al-Azhar is a prestigious religious institution across the Muslim world. A 1,000-year-old university of scholar-clerics, it teaches new generations of Sunni clerics and produces research that for many spells out what being a Muslim entails.In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue team members work at the scene of a crash of a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, Monday, May 20, 2024.
Grossi visited Iran earlier this month as his agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, negotiates with Tehran over how to implement a deal struck last year to expand inspections of the Islamic Republic’s rapidly advancing atomic program.Iran’s first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber has been appointed president of the Islamic Republic after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in the country’s northwest.
“We are confident that the Islamic Republic of Iran will be able — God willing — to overcome the repercussions of this great loss. The dear Iranian people have ancient institutions capable of dealing with this severe ordeal,” the statement said. Xi also praised Raisi’s “important contributions to safeguarding Iran’s security and stability” and for “positive efforts” on China-Iran relations.
Erdogan said in a statement posted on social platform X that he remembers Raisi “with respect and gratitude” and praised his “efforts for the peace of the Iranian people and our region during his time in office.” Putin said that he had met Raisi several times and “will forever retain the fondest memory of this wonderful man.”BEIRUT — Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati declared three days of mourning in the country in response to the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, with flags at official institutions to be flown at half-staff.
It described Raisi as “a big brother to us, a strong supporter, and a staunch defender of our issues and the Arab nations’ issues, most notably Jerusalem and Palestine, and a protector of the resistance movements and those fighting on their behalf in all the positions of responsibility he held.”CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt has mourned the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior officials in a helicopter crash.
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari in a statement also expressed shock and sorrow over Raisi’s death. He extended his condolences to the bereaved families of the Iranian president, the foreign minister and others who died in the accident.NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was deeply saddened and shocked by the news of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s death, and sent his condolences to Raisi’s family and the people of Iran.
State TV gave no immediate cause for the crash in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. With Raisi were Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province and other officials and bodyguards, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. As the sun rose Monday, rescuers saw the helicopter from a distance of some 2 kilometers , the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, Pir Hossein Kolivand, told state media. He did not elaborate and the officials had been missing at that point by over 12 hours.
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