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Polls originally slated for 2025 were brought forward to June 28 following the president’s death in the May 19 air crash. Iran has begun the formal registration of presidential candidates …

Preliminary report says no evidence of criminal activity but investigators signal the probe is not yet over. Iranian military investigators have so far found no evidence of criminal activity in …

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led prayers at a memorial ceremony for late President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash. “Oh Allah, we …

Iranians are observing the second of five days of public mourning announced by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranians have gathered in Tabriz, the capital of the East Azerbaijan province, …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Mourners in black began gathering Tuesday for days of funerals and processions for Iran’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash, a …

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has not always seen eye to eye with his country’s presidents. Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani nudged the Islamic Republic too close to the West for the supreme …

Iran‘s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has declared the nation will observe five days of mourning following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a devastating helicopter crash in the mountainous …

EXPLAINER Sanctions have prevented Iran from procuring new aircraft or equipment, which has been linked to aviation accidents. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were confirmed dead …

Iran sought to project a sense of order and control on Monday by quickly naming an acting president and foreign minister a day after a helicopter crash killed both leaders. …

Iran’s president has died following a helicopter crash on Sunday, but who was he, and how did he come to lead the Islamic Republic? ADVERTISEMENT The so-called «Butcher of Tehran» …