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Arab Leaders Flock to Tehran for Raisi's Funeral

par This Is Beirut, 23/05 00:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Various heads of state and officials from various countries arrived in Tehran on Wednesday, to attend the memorial event of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led funeral prayers at the memorial ceremony. Five days of national mourning were ...

First Iranian findings on the Raisi accident

par This Is Beirut, 24/05 00:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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An Iranian General Staff statement on Thursday presented the initial findings of the investigation into the crash of President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter on Sunday. No suspicious elements were detected in the exchanges between the helicopter's crew and the control tower, the statement issued by the Iranian General Staff's public relations center ...

Iran Denies Foul Play in Raisi Helicopter Crash

par This Is Beirut, 24/05 12:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran's army has so far found no evidence of criminal activity in a helicopter crash that killed the country's President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others, state media reported. Raisi, 63 years, died on Sunday after his helicopter went down in the country's mountainous northwest, while returning from a dam inauguration on the border with ...

Bashar el-Assad's Absence Doesn't Go Unnoticed

par This Is Beirut, 25/05 16:03 - Reading : less than a minute

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad did not attend the funeral ceremony of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and their companions after the crash of the presidential helicopter returning from Azerbaijan. Assad's absence raised several questions, especially after his return to the Arab embrace, his ...

Raisi’s Death and Regional Prospects: A Series of Open-Ended Questions

par Philippe Abi-Akl, 28/05 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Despite various accounts surrounding the crash of the Iranian helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the incident brought the issue of succession in Iran to the forefront, pertaining to both the Supreme Guide and the presidency. While the issue of "succession" may not have been the cause ...

Iran Opens Registration for Presidential Candidates

par This Is Beirut, 30/05 11:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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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. "Candidate registration for the 14th presidential elections began at 8 am (0430 GMT)... at the interior ministry," the official IRNA news agency said. Presidential hopefuls ...

Former President Ahmadinejad Registers Candidacy for Election

par This Is Beirut, 02/06 13:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran's hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday registered his candidacy for a presidential election this month, state media reported. The Islamic republic goes to the polls on June 28 to replace ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19. Ahmadinejad, 67, held the post for two straight ...

Iran Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf Submits Presidential Bid

par This Is Beirut, 03/06 19:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The conservative speaker of Iran's parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, registered his candidacy on Monday for the snap presidential election on June 28. At the end of the five-day registration period on Monday evening, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi told reporters that a total of 80 applications had been submitted. The presidential hopefuls ...

Iran: The Voting Dilemma Ahead of the Presidential Election

par This Is Beirut, 21/06 17:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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With just a week remaining before a presidential election, Iranians are divided over whether voting will address pressing economic issues and mandatory hijab laws. Iranians head to the polls on June 28 to choose from six candidates—five conservatives and a relative reformist—to succeed Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last ...

Iran: Khamenei Calls for "High Participation" in Presidential Election

par This Is Beirut, 25/06 13:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday called for "high participation" in Friday's presidential election to replace Ebrahim Raisi, who died last month in a helicopter crash. "We emphasise the importance of high participation (in the election) because it is the pride of the Islamic Republic," Khamenei declared in a televised ...

Iran Heads to the Polls, as Reformists Hope to Breakthrough

par This Is Beirut, 28/06 10:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Polls in Iran opened on Friday for a presidential election following the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month. Around 61 million Iranians are eligible to vote in the polls where reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, 69, hopes for a breakthrough win against a divided conservative camp. The Guardian Council ...

Iran Probe Finds Raisi Helicopter Crash Caused by Weather

par This Is Beirut, 21/08 21:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran's investigation into the May helicopter crash that killed former President Ebrahim Raisi has found it was caused by bad weather and overloading, Iranian media said on Wednesday, citing an official. The helicopter carrying 63-year-old Raisi and his entourage came down on a fog-shrouded mountainside in northern Iran, killing the president and ...

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