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Concerns Mount Among Iranians Over Raisi's Successor

par This Is Beirut, 22/05 17:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Concerns are growing among some people in Iran about who will replace Ebrahim Raisi as president of the Islamic republic after his death in a helicopter crash on Sunday. "I'm more worried than sad," Mohadeseh Jalali said at Wednesday's funeral in Tehran for Raisi and his entourage, who died when their aircraft hit a mountain in northwest Iran ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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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