Mokhbar will take command of Iran after Raisi's death
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei declared five days of public mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a helicopter crash and confirmed First Vice President Mohammad Mokhbar as interim president until the country votes. “I declare five days of public mourning and express my condolences to the dear people of Iran,” Khamenei said in a statement carried by the official news agency IRNA.
With this announcement, Iran now has a deadline of 50 days before holding presidential elections to choose Raisi's successor. The Iranian supreme leader said Mokhbar will manage the executive branch and is obliged to make arrangements with the heads of the legislative and judicial branches to elect a new president within a maximum of 50 days.
An Israeli official clarified that the Jewish State was not involved in the deaths of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and his Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian. “It was not us,” an official who requested anonymity told Reuters. It is important to note that currently all indications are that the helicopter crashed due to bad weather and poor visibility.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a disciple of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and involved in the mass execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 at the end of the Iran-Iraq war, died in a helicopter crash on Monday.
Raisi, along with Iran's foreign minister and other officials, died suddenly in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran on Sunday at a time when Iran is struggling with internal unrest and its relations with many countries of the world. Hours after Raisi's death, local reports suggested Iran had declared five days of national mourning. This is what was said in the official announcement of the death of the President of Iran, this announcement was made at the shrine of Imam Reza