Iran President

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.

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.

World leaders who died in air crashes

Following the Iranian president's death in a helicopter crash, the whole world is shocked. But throughout history, the death of presidents, prime ministers, and monarchs in aviation related accidents is not uncommon, as they frequently move about in planes and helicopters, exposing themselves to the risk of accident and sabotage

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

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

Factbox / 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

May 21, 2024
May 21, 2024

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.

May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024

In pictures: Crash site of Raisi's helicopter

The crash incident triggered a massive search operation that was hampered by adverse weather conditions

May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024

Hasina mourns death of Iran President Raisi

Hasina conveyed her condolence in a letter to interim president of Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Mokhber

May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024

Iran's Supreme Leader approves Mokhber as interim president

Five days of national mourning have been declared by Khamenei.

May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024

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.

May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024

World leaders who died in air crashes

Following the Iranian president's death in a helicopter crash, the whole world is shocked. But throughout history, the death of presidents, prime ministers, and monarchs in aviation related accidents is not uncommon, as they frequently move about in planes and helicopters, exposing themselves to the risk of accident and sabotage

May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024

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

May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024

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

May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024

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

May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024

Iran President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash

President Raisi, the foreign minister and all the passengers in the helicopter were killed in the crash, senior Iranian official told Reuters