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Is Iran's Government Preparing for the Post-Raïssi Era?

par This Is Beirut, 19/05 19:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Ali Khamenei Ebrahim Raisi Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Iran Iran Helicopter Crash

Is Tehran preparing for the possibility of the deaths of its President and Foreign Minister, following a helicopter crash on Sunday? Rescue operations continue in search of the site where Iranian President Ebrahim Raissi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian's helicopter "crashed" on Sunday. However, Tehran already seems to be preparing ...

Raisi Still Missing, Conflicting Reports on Search Operations

par This Is Beirut, 19/05 21:47 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Ebrahim Raisi Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Iran Iran Helicopter Crash

Iran launched a massive search and rescue operation in a fog-shrouded mountainous area after President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter disappeared on Sunday in what state media described as an "accident". Contradictory information was circulating about the intense search for the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, which was continuing in ...

Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's Ultraconservative President

par This Is Beirut, 20/05 07:29 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Ebrahim Raisi Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Iran Iran Helicopter Crash Iranian President

On Monday, Iranian state media confirmed that Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi had died following a helicopter accident in poor weather in a remote western mountain region. Always piously dressed in a black turban and religious robe, Iran's ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi had been in office during a tumultuous period of confrontation ...

Amir-Abdollahian, Iran's Hawkish Foreign Minister

par This Is Beirut, 20/05 07:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Ebrahim Raisi Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Iran Iran Helicopter Crash Iranian Foreign Minister

Iranian media has confirmed that Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died on Monday morning following a helicopter crash in a mountainous region of north-west Iran. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, born in 1964, grew up in one of Tehran's poorest neighborhoods. In 1980, he volunteered to serve in the Iran-Iraq War, in what he called a ...

Iranian President and Foreign Minister Killed in Helicopter Crash

par This Is Beirut, 20/05 08:29 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Ebrahim Raisi Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Iran Iran Helicopter Crash Iranian President Rescue Efforts

Iran's President Raisi, and Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian have been declared dead on Monday, following a helicopter crash in northwest Iran. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared five days of mourning. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was declared dead on Monday after rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded western ...

The World Reacts to Death of Iran's President and Foreign Minister

par This Is Beirut, 20/05 09:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran's powerful allies on Monday mourned the death of its President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, while regional militants hailed him as a supporter of the Palestinian cause. Russia and China called the ultraconservative leader a "friend", while Iran's arch-foes the United States and Israel had yet to react publicly. Here is a roundup of ...

Vice President Mokhber to Replace Raisi Ahead of New Election

par This Is Beirut, 20/05 09:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Ebrahim Raisi Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Iran Helicopter Crash Iranian Presidential Elections Mohammad Mokhber

Iran's first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, is expected to assume the presidency after Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash as the country gears up for early elections. The Iranian constitution stipulates that the first vice president take over "in the event of the president's death, dismissal, resignation, absence, or illness for more ...

Exiled Iranian Opposition Group Says Raisi Death Is a 'Monumental Blow' to Iran

par This Is Beirut, 20/05 13:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash is a major blow to the Islamic regime, an exiled opposition group said Monday, predicting a succession of crises. The People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) and its political wing, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), have long detested Raisi, accusing him of involvement ...

Who is Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran's New Foreign Minister?

par This Is Beirut, 20/05 13:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Ali Bagheri Kani Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Iran Iran Helicopter Crash Iranian Foreign Minister

Following the death of Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, in a helicopter crash on Monday, Ali Bagheri Kani has been appointed by the Iranian government as the country's new Foreign Minister. Ali Bagheri Kani can be understood as a continuity candidate, who will likely continue the hardline policies of the now deceased Amir-Abdollahian. Ali ...

Iran Asked Washington for Help After Helicopter Crash

par This Is Beirut, 20/05 23:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States said on Monday that Iran had asked for its assistance after the helicopter crash that claimed the life of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and offered its condolences while deeming that he had "blood on his hands". "The Iranian government has asked us for help," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters, even ...

Iranians Pay Last Respects to Raisi

par This Is Beirut, 21/05 11:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Ebrahim Raisi Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Iran Helicopter Crash Raisi Funeral Tabriz

Tens of thousands of Iranians gathered Tuesday to mourn president Ebrahim Raisi and seven members of his entourage who were killed in a helicopter crash on a fog-shrouded mountainside in the northwest. Waving Iranian flags and portraits of the late president, mourners set off from a central square in the northwestern city of Tabriz, where Raisi ...

Huge Crowds Gather in Tehran for Raisi's Funeral Procession

par This Is Beirut, 22/05 14:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Ali Khamenei Ebrahim Raisi Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Iran Iran Helicopter Crash Raisi Funeral

Huge crowds of Iranians thronged the streets of the capital Tehran on Wednesday for the funeral procession of president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash. In the city centre, mourners clutching portraits of Raisi gathered in and around the University of Tehran, where Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led ...