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Iran Presidential Election: After Raisi’s funeral, focus turns to vote for successor

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After Iran mourned president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a recent helicopter crash, the nation’s focus turns to an election next month for his successor, with the conservative camp seeking a loyalist to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The lead-up to the early vote on June 28 has opened up the field to a broad…

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What comes next for Iran after Raisi’s death?

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Cars drive past a billboard bearing a portrait of Iran’s late president Ebrahim Raisi, centre, his Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, second from left, and other members of his entrourage in central Tehran on May 21, 2024, as mourners in the northestern city of Tabriz attended a funeral procession for the President and seven others who…

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Hamas mourns Ebrahim Raisi’s death, hails his ‘support for Palestinian resistance’

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A handout picture provided by Iran’s Presidency on December 23, 2023 shows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (C), Foreign Minister Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) and Head of Iran’s Judiciary Gholam hossein Mohseni-Ejei attending the Tehran International Conference on Palestine in Iran’s capital. | Photo Credit: AFP Hamas on Monday expressed its condolences for Iranian…

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Iran President’s helicopter crash: What happens in Iran when a President dies in office?

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a commemoration for the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S drone attack in 2020 in Iraq, at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque, Jan. 3, 2024, in Tehran, Iran. Raisi, the country’s Foreign Minister and others have been found dead at the site of…

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The Hardline Iran President Who Died In Helicopter Crash

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Ebrahim Raisi has been president since 2021 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died after his helicopter crashed in the mountains yesterday. Raisi was in line to be Iran’s next supreme leader, along with a clampdown on morality questions. Raisi’s hardline position had been all pervasive in domestic politics while he governed through a severe economic crisis…

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