Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash, ... a hardline Islamic cleric who had been tipped as a possible successor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was 63.

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivers a speech about the crash of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter, May 19, 2024, in Tehran, Iran. Iranian Leader Press Office/Anadolu ...

Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's eighth president, passes into immortality after the helicopter in which he was traveling with his entourage crashed in the Varzaqan region of East Azarbaijan province in the ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other officials were found dead Monday after their helicopter crashed in a foggy region, state media reported. State te… ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s death, along with the foreign minister and other officials in a helicopter crash Sunday in northwestern Iran, came as Iran struggles with internal dissent and ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed when his helicopter crashed on May 19, 2024 in a mountainous border region, was a consummate loyalist whose passing will be a severe blow to the ...

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 influence — backing ...

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, announced five days of mourning after Mr. Raisi, 63, and the country’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, 60, died along with five ...