Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, announced the Presidential bid for the snap elections, which are slated to take place later this month, according to Al Jazeera.
Following the demise of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on Sunday afternoon, country's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has announced five days of national mourning in Iran, according to Press TV.
As the Iranian rescue teams located Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter, no clue of any living persons has been reported in the crash, according to Iran-based Press TV.
Iranian authorities on Monday moved the rescue teams towards the crashed chopper carrying Ebrahim Raisi after a Turkish drone Akinci identified a heat source in the accident region, Iran-based news network Press TV reported.
As Iranian authorities intensified their search operation for the crashed helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, the Iran Red Crescent claimed to have dispatched its forces to the place where rescue teams reported the smell of fuel.
Earlier, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander for East Azerbaijan province said that the military had located the crash site of the helicopter carrying Iranian President, according to CNN, citing the Iranian state news agency IRNA. The military crew was en route to the identifi
President Ebrahim Raisi was travelling back to Iran following a visit to Azerbaijan when his helicopter came down in bad weather conditions on Sunday afternoon.
President Ebrahim Raisi was travelling back to Iran following a visit to Azerbaijan when his helicopter came down in bad weather conditions on Sunday afternoon.
Responding to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accusing the US of "directing" the ongoing Israeli strikes in Gaza, followimg the October 7 Hamas terror attacks, President Joe Biden said the US has had troops in the region since 9/11 to go after ISIS, and it had nothing to do