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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister died when their helicopter crashed as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters on Monday (May 20). Hopes were fading that Raisi and his foreign minister survived a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official had told Reuters after ...
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has named Mohammad Mokhber as the country's caretaker president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on 19 May. Mokhber is the country's first vice-president. His appointment is in line with Iran's constitution, which calls for the first vice-president to step in, with the supreme leader's ...