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Iran's President Raisi's helicopter crashed due to bad weather, no foul play: Probe

September 02, 2024 1:05 am

The helicopter which was carrying the 63-year-old President, along with seven others crashed into northern Iran. The crash also took the life of Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.

Iran's presidential election dominated by Khamenei loyalists

June 25, 2024 4:22 pm

With Iran's supreme leader now 85, it is likely that the next president will be closely involved in the eventual process of choosing a successor to Khamenei, who has ensured candidates sharing his hardline views dominate the presidential contest.

While the cause of the May 19 crash remains unknown, the sudden death of the hard-line protege of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei exposed the contradictions and challenges facing the country's Shiite theocracy. (Reuters)

Iran helicopter crash shows Tehran's reliance on an aging fleet as well as its challenges at home

June 08, 2024 12:53 pm

The helicopter involved in the crash, nearly 30 years old, came directly from a Bell manufacturing plant in Montreal, Canada, to the Iranian air force, according to data from the firm Cirium.

Raisi passed away in a helicopter crash.

US-sanctioned ex-officer among Iranian candidates to replace Iran's Ebrahim Raisi

June 01, 2024 7:10 pm

Haghanian, a close aide to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that his qualifications were based on "experience from serving 45 years in the presidency and the leader's office".

Mohammad Mokhber, Iran acting president, Ebrahim Raisi helicopter crash,

Iran's acting president addresses new parliament after helicopter crash killing president, others

May 27, 2024 5:24 pm

His speech comes as Iran prepares for a presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi in just a month, a vote that could see the previously behind-the-scenes bureaucrat potentially run alongside others.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash.

Iran: Army sees no foul play in Raisi helicopter crash

May 25, 2024 12:07 am

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash last Sunday. An investigation by the Iranian military has now brought in its first results.

Iranian military says Raisi's helicopter caught fire soon after crash, no sign of attack

May 24, 2024 2:33 pm

The statement from the general staff of the armed forces in charge of investigating the crash was read on state television. The first statement on the crash did not lay blame but said more details would come after further investigation.

Mourners pack Iranian city for Ebrahim Raisi burial

May 23, 2024 7:05 pm

Flowers were thrown at President Ebrahim Raisi coffin as it moved slowly aboard a truck through throngs of mourners to be buried at the gold-domed Imam Reza shrine, Iran's holiest Islamic site.

Iran buries president Raisi in Mashhad after fatal helicopter crash

May 23, 2024 9:35 pm

President Ebrahim Raisi's burial at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad caps days of processionals through much of Iran, seeking to bolster the country's theocracy after the crash that killed him, the country's foreign minister and six others.

Vice Prez Dhankhar pays tribute to late Iranian president Raisi; meets acting President

May 22, 2024 9:06 pm

Dhankhar, who is leading the Indian delegation at the official funeral ceremony, paid tributes to Raisi, Amir-Abdollahian, and other Iranian officials who died in the crash.

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Iran's supreme leader leads prayers for Raisi, 7 others killed in chopper crash

May 22, 2024 9:49 pm

Wednesday's funeral service for President Ebrahim Raisi and others saw a turnout that onlookers described as noticeably lower than the 2020 procession honouring Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad.