Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, 63, died alongside Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and two senior local officials on board the helicopter on 19 May. Raisi was confirmed dead ...

Iran’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi has long been seen as a protégé to Iran’s supreme leader and a potential successor for his position within the country’s Shiite theocracy.

TASS/. The funeral of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, has begun in the city of Mashhad, according to the live broadcast by the SNN TV channel. Raisi’s coffin was ...

Ebrahim Raisi, like Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, wore a black turban, which means he traced his lineage back to the Prophet Mohammed. Before being elected President in November 2021 ...