Iran President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a Sunday helicopter crash along with the Islamic republic's foreign minister and others, the country's state media confirmed Monday morning. Raisi ...

By Erika Solomon and Farnaz Fassihi Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president and a top contender to succeed the nation’s supreme leader, was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash. He was 63.

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi ... region of the country, near the Iran-Azerbaijan border. The Iranian cabinet praised Raisi as a "hardworking president" who "made the ...

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, along with the country's foreign minister and others, were found dead Monday morning hours after their helicopter crashed in dense fog in a mountainous region of ...

Reaction to the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi continued to filter through on Monday. Iran’s chief of staff of the Armed Forces, Mohammad Bagheri, has ordered an investigation into ...

Rescue team works following a crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, in Varzaqan, May 20, 2024 (credit: STRINGER/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS) Raisi was a ...

By Emma Bubola Ebrahim Raisi, 63, a hard-line religious cleric, was elected president of Iran in 2021. In his tenure as president, he oversaw a strategy to expand his country’s regional ...

INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI ON X: "Deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic demise of Dr. Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. His contribution to strengthening ...

Thousands of people gathered on the streets of the Iranian city Tabriz on Tuesday to mourn President Ebrahim ... Raisi will be buried in Mashad, his hometown, on Friday. In a closed society like ...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei confirmed First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as interim head of the country's executive branch following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter ...

World leaders have been offering their condolences to Iran after the country’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, was announced dead on Monday following a helicopter crash. Turkish President Recep Tayyip ...

Raisi was contender to succeed supreme leader Khamenei, 85 Raisi, 63, was Khamenei protege, harsh critic of the West As president, he cracked down on dissent at home Raisi pursued uncompromising ...