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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.
In pictures: Crash site of Raisi's helicopter
The crash incident triggered a massive search operation that was hampered by adverse weather conditions
Hasina mourns death of Iran President Raisi
Hasina conveyed her condolence in a letter to interim president of Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Mokhber
Iran's Supreme Leader approves Mokhber as interim president
Five days of national mourning have been declared by Khamenei.
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.
World leaders who died in air crashes
Following the Iranian president's death in a helicopter crash, the whole world is shocked. But throughout history, the death of presidents, prime ministers, and monarchs in aviation related accidents is not uncommon, as they frequently move about in planes and helicopters, exposing themselves to the risk of accident and sabotage
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
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
Factbox / What we know about the crashed helicopter carrying Iran's president
The civilian version of the ubiquitous Vietnam War-era UH-1N "Twin Huey," they are in wide use globally by both governments and private operators
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.
In pictures: Crash site of Raisi's helicopter
The crash incident triggered a massive search operation that was hampered by adverse weather conditions
Hasina mourns death of Iran President Raisi
Hasina conveyed her condolence in a letter to interim president of Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Mokhber
Iran's Supreme Leader approves Mokhber as interim president
Five days of national mourning have been declared by Khamenei.
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.
World leaders who died in air crashes
Following the Iranian president's death in a helicopter crash, the whole world is shocked. But throughout history, the death of presidents, prime ministers, and monarchs in aviation related accidents is not uncommon, as they frequently move about in planes and helicopters, exposing themselves to the risk of accident and sabotage
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
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
What we know about the crashed helicopter carrying Iran's president
The civilian version of the ubiquitous Vietnam War-era UH-1N "Twin Huey," they are in wide use globally by both governments and private operators
Iran President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash
President Raisi, the foreign minister and all the passengers in the helicopter were killed in the crash, senior Iranian official told Reuters
