Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has actually called First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as acting president in the wake of Ebrahim Raisi‘s death in a helicopter crash.
Khamenei likewise purchased 5 days of nationwide grieving for Raisi, the hardliner who had actually held the presidency because 2021.
Khamenei explained Raisi as “steadfast” and stated the Iranian individuals had actually lost a “important and genuine individual.”
According to procedure, Mokhber had actually been anticipated to end up being interim president. New elections will now need to be held within 50 days.
Raisi and 8 other guests, consisting of Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, passed away when their helicopter decreased on Sunday over mountainous surface in thick fog.
