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Raisi was the second president of Iran to have died in office, following Mohammad-Ali Rajai, who was killed in a bombing in 1981. [5] The presidential line of succession begins with Mohammad Mokhber, the first vice president. On 20 May, the cabinet said that the government would continue to operate "without the slightest disruption". [38]
The U.S. State Department in a statement offers official condolences for the victims of the helicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others. It adds that “as Iran selects a new ...
Iran proclaimed five days of mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday, though the muted atmosphere revealed little of the spectacular public grief that has accompanied the deaths of other ...
Evin Prison (Persian: زندان اوین, romanized: Zendân-e-Evin) is a prison located in the Evin neighborhood of Tehran, Iran.The prison has been the primary site for the housing of Iran's political prisoners since 1972, before and after the Iranian Revolution, in a purpose-built wing nicknamed "Evin University" due to the high number of students and intellectuals detained there. [3]
On 15 October 2022, starting around 10:00 local time, [3] a series of incidents including a fire, explosions and automatic gun battles occurred in the Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, [4] continuing through to early morning 16 October 2022. [3] At least eight inmates died, [5] and 57 others were
The crash came two months after Iran launched a massive missile and drone attack on Israel, retaliating for an Israeli airstrike that killed two senior Iranian generals in Syria on April 1.
An official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people found it was caused by challenging climatic and atmospheric conditions ...
Iran's semi-official news agency, Mehr News, described them as having been "martyred in the crash." [144] Raisi was the second president of Iran to have died in office, following Mohammad-Ali Rajai, who died in a 1981 bombing. [145] Following confirmation of Raisi's death, Khamenei declared five days of national mourning. [146]