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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a message on the occasion of the inauguration of the 12th round of Iran's parliament, stressed securing national interests is the main duty of the country's lawmakers.
A report released by Iran's state TV on Sunday has revealed that Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Al-e-Hashem, a cleric on board the Iranian president’s doomed helicopter, had outlived the other passengers after the fatal crash.
Following the unexpected death of Iranian president, Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, the Iranian Minister of the Interior officially initiated the process for the 2024 presidential election, instructing governors nationwide to commence preparations.
Reformists in Iran have started discussions with senior figures in the camp to pick candidates for the presidential election scheduled to be held next month, an official says.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stated the massive turnout of Iranian people in funeral processions for the late President Ebrahim Raisi is a testament to the nation’s loyalty to the
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who rose to prominence in the beginning of his tenure and then was pushed to the sidelines for his controversial moves, is back on the stage again after the vacancy left by President Ebrahim Raisi’s demise.
A large number of mourners took to the streets in the northwestern Iranian city of Maragheh on Friday to take part in the funeral ceremony of East Azarbaijan province’s governor Malek Rahmati who died in the helicopter crash on Sunday along with President Ebrahim Raisi and six other companions.
In a profoundly sombre ceremony, the late President of Iran, Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, was laid to rest in his home city of Mashhad, four days after passing away in a tragic helicopter crash.
Calls are growing on Iranian officials to launch an investigation into the cause of the helicopter crash in the northwest of the country that led to the demise of President Ebrahim Raisi, with some Iranian newspapers and analysts raising questions on the deadly incident.
A large number of people have packed the streets in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand to participate in President Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral procession, aerial images show.
The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei paid a visit to the family of President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday in Tehran to express condolences over the death of the president in a helicopter crash.
The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan who has traveled to Tehran to express condolences over the passing of President Ebrahim Raisi and his accompanying delegation.
Over 50 delegations of foreign countries are arriving in Iran’s capital Tehran on Wednesday to participate in a ceremony commemorating late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage.
Millions of people packed the streets in the Iranians capital Tehran on Wednesday for the funeral processions of President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who passed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
On Tuesday afternoon, the bodies of the late President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions were carried from the Fatima Masumeh Shrine in the holy city of Qom to the Jamkaran Mosque.
Millions of black-clad mourners gathered on Tuesday in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz for the funeral procession of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and their companions who died Sunday in a helicopter crash while crossing the mountainous terrain in heavy fog.
The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Zionist regime’s Western-backed brutal genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since October last year has openly revealed the true nature of the Western human rights.
The Assembly of Experts, a panel of clerics electing Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, convened its first session in Tehran on Tuesday morning.
A large crowd of people participated in ceremony in Tehran’s Vali-e Asr square on Monday to commemorate the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
Iran has declared that it would be holding an early presidential election on June 28 following the passing of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
The northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz, the provincial capital of East Azarbaijan, where Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation lost their lives in a helicopter crash, will host a funeral ceremony on Tuesday.
The Leader the Islamic Revolution of Iran sent a message of condolences on Monday on the tragic death of President Ebrahim Raisi and his accompanying delegation in a helicopter crash, appointing first vice president as the caretaker chief executive of the country.
The Iranian cabinet has given assurance to the people that running the county will not be disrupted after President Ebrahim Raisi’s demise in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
