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Concerns Mount Among Iranians Over Raisi's Successor

Concerns are growing among some people in Iran about who will replace Ebrahim Raisi as president of the Islamic republic after his death in a helicopter crash on Sunday. "I'm more worried than sad," Mohadeseh Jalali said at Wednesday's funeral in Tehran for Raisi and his entourage, who died when their aircraft hit a mountain in northwest Iran ...

Iran Opens Registration for Presidential Candidates

Iran on Thursday began the formal registration of presidential candidates ahead of a snap vote next month to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash. "Candidate registration for the 14th presidential elections began at 8 am (0430 GMT)... at the interior ministry," the official IRNA news agency said. Presidential hopefuls ...

Iran Lawmakers Approve New President's Cabinet

Iran's conservative-dominated Parliament on Wednesday approved reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian's proposed cabinet, which includes one woman and a foreign minister open to dialogue with the West. Lawmakers voted in favor of all 19 ministers picked by Pezeshkian – who was inaugurated in July after his predecessor Ebrahim Raisi died in a ...

Iran Probe Finds Raisi Helicopter Crash Caused by Weather

Iran's investigation into the May helicopter crash that killed former President Ebrahim Raisi has found it was caused by bad weather and overloading, Iranian media said on Wednesday, citing an official. The helicopter carrying 63-year-old Raisi and his entourage came down on a fog-shrouded mountainside in northern Iran, killing the president and ...