Iran
Putin congratulates Iran's new president, hopes for closer ties
Russian leader Vladimir Putin congratulated Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on his victory in a presidential runoff, the Kremlin said on Saturday
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election
Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, interior ministry said
Who are the candidates in Iran's presidential election?
Six candidates -- five conservatives and one reformist -- are competing in Iran's presidential election on Friday to succeed the late Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last month
Iran's Raisi to be laid to rest in 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
Tens of thousands gather for Raisi funeral procession in Tehran
Tens of thousands of Iranians flocked to the streets of Tehran Wednesday to join the funeral processions of president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday
Funerary procession to be held for Raisi in Iran's northwest
Thousands of mourners holding portraits of Raisi gathered Monday at central Valiasr Square in the capital Tehran.
In pictures: Crash site of Raisi's helicopter
The crash incident triggered a massive search operation that was hampered by adverse weather conditions
Hasina mourns death of Iran President Raisi
Hasina conveyed her condolence in a letter to interim president of Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Mokhber
Iran's Supreme Leader approves Mokhber as interim president
Five days of national mourning have been declared by Khamenei.
Ali Bagheri Kani appointed as Iran's acting foreign minister after Amirabdollahian's death
Iran's government cabinet appointed on Monday Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani as acting foreign minister following the death of Hossein Amirabdollahian in a helicopter crash
Iran's Raisi: Ultraconservative president close to supreme leader
The Iranian president -- whose career started in the years after the 1979 Islamic revolution and who is close to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei -- took power in a 2021 election that was followed by turbulent years of protests and tensions.
Reactions to death of Iran's president in helicopter crash
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said on Monday
Iran government says will operate 'without disruption' after Raisi death
The Iranian government will continue to operate "without the slightest disruption" following the death of president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, said a cabinet statement on Monday
Modi says 'deeply saddened and shocked' by Raisi's death
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday he was "deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic demise" of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi after Iranian media reported he had died in a helicopter crash
Who is Mohammad Mokhber, the man set to become Iran's interim president?
Mokhber became first vice president in 2021 when Raisi was elected president
Raisi took hard line with national protests and nuclear talks
Ebrahim Raisi, who died aged 63, rose through Iran's theocracy from hardline prosecutor to uncompromising president, overseeing a crackdown on protests at home and pushing hard in nuclear talks with world powers as he burnished his credentials to position himself to become the next supreme leader
What we know about the crashed helicopter carrying Iran's president
The civilian version of the ubiquitous Vietnam War-era UH-1N "Twin Huey," they are in wide use globally by both governments and private operators
