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Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati [a] (14 December 1960 – 19 May 2024), better known as Ebrahim Raisi, [b] was an Iranian politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. [10] [11] [12] He was a Muslim jurist and part of the Principlist group.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, leaving the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as ...
Farewell ceremony to Ebrahim Raisi, Tehran, 22 May 2024. Raisi was the second president of Iran to have died in office, following Mohammad-Ali Rajai, who was killed in a bombing in 1981. [5] The presidential line of succession begins with Mohammad Mokhber, the first vice president.
Ultraconservative Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed Sunday, along with his foreign minister, in a helicopter crash in Iran’s remote northwest, injecting fresh uncertainty as the country ...
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed after his helicopter crashed in poor weather in ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protégé of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died. He was 63.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for enforcing brutal crackdowns on political opposition and seen as a potential successor to the supreme leader, has died in a helicopter crash landing in ...
Amir-Abdollahian (middle) and President Ebrahim Raisi (left) with Ilham Aliyev at the border with Azerbaijan, hours before their death. On 19 May 2024, a helicopter carrying Amir-Abdollahian and President Ebrahim Raisi crashed near the town of Varzeqan on the Azerbaijan–Iran border; [24] both were found dead at the crash site. [25]