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Putin congratulates Iran's new president, hopes for closer ties

Russian leader Vladimir Putin congratulated Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on his victory in a presidential runoff, the Kremlin said on Saturday

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Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election

Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, interior ministry said

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Who are the candidates in Iran's presidential election?

Six candidates -- five conservatives and one reformist -- are competing in Iran's presidential election on Friday to succeed the late Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last month

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Iran's Raisi to be laid to rest in home town

Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash, will be buried Thursday in his hometown after two days of funeral processions attended by thousands of mourners

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Tens of thousands gather for Raisi funeral procession in Tehran

Tens of thousands of Iranians flocked to the streets of Tehran Wednesday to join the funeral processions of president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday

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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.

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How was Ebrahim Raisi as a president?

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In pictures: Crash site of Raisi's helicopter

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

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Iran keen to enhance bilateral relations with Bangladesh: envoy

Iran is willing to strengthen bilateral relations with Bangladesh in various areas including trade and commerce, culture, energy, education and health

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Hasina mourns death of Iran President Raisi

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

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Iran's Supreme Leader approves Mokhber as interim president

Five days of national mourning have been declared by Khamenei.

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Ali Bagheri Kani appointed as Iran's acting foreign minister after Amirabdollahian's death

Iran's government cabinet appointed on Monday Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani as acting foreign minister following the death of Hossein Amirabdollahian in a helicopter crash

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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.

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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

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Iran government says will operate 'without disruption' after Raisi death

The Iranian government will continue to operate "without the slightest disruption" following the death of president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, said a cabinet statement on Monday

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Modi says 'deeply saddened and shocked' by Raisi's death

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday he was "deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic demise" of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi after Iranian media reported he had died in a helicopter crash

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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

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Raisi took hard line with national protests and nuclear talks

Ebrahim Raisi, who died aged 63, rose through Iran's theocracy from hardline prosecutor to uncompromising president, overseeing a crackdown on protests at home and pushing hard in nuclear talks with world powers as he burnished his credentials to position himself to become the next supreme leader

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