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The Latest | Iran holds runoff election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash

Iranians have voted in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country’s northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials.

Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote

The Latest | Polls close in Iran after election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash

Two candidates drop out of Iran presidential election, due to take place Friday amid voter apathy

Parliament speaker. The Tehran mayor. A heart surgeon. The race is on for Iran’s next president

Hard line and reformist candidates both vote in Iranian presidential runoff

The race between hard-line Saeed Jalili and reformist Masoud Pezeshkian comes after a first round of voting saw the lowest turnout ever for an Iranian election, leaving turnout Friday a major question. Iranians began voting on Friday for a candidate to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East. (AP/ Saeed Sarmadi and Mohsen Ganji)

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In the second live debate on state television, six presidential candidates have discussed Iran’s economic problems ahead of the country’s June 28 election following a helicopter crash last month that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others.

Iran’s presidential candidates debate economic policies ahead of the June 28 vote

Iran’s six presidential candidates have discussed the country’s economic problems in a four-hour live debate on state TV.

Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad

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Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker emerges as the theocracy’s top figure in the presidential vote

Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker has registered for the country’s June 28 presidential election. Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf is the most-prominent candidate from within its Shiite theocracy in the race to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi after a helicopter crash that killed him and seven others.

Former Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani registers as a possible presidential candidate

A former speaker of Iran’s parliament has registered as a possible candidate in the Islamic Republic’s June 28 presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this month with seven others.

UN tribute to Iran’s late President Raisi marred by protests and European and US snubs

The U.N. General Assembly’s tribute to Iran’s late president Ebrahim Raisi was snubbed by Western and East European nations amid protests against honoring a leader who was reviled for his crackdown on opponents.

Iran opens registration for the June presidential election after Raisi died in a helicopter crash

Iran has opened a five-day registration period for hopefuls wanting to run in the June 28 presidential election.

Iran’s acting president addresses new parliament after helicopter crash killing president, others

Iran’s acting President Mohammad Mokhber has addressed the country’s new parliament for the first time since last week’s helicopter crash that killed his predecessor and seven others.

4 hurt, 1 arrested after clashes between Iranian government supporters and opponents in London

Four people were hurt and one was arrested when supporters of Iran’s authorities clashed with anti-government protesters at a London event marking the death of President Ebrahim Raisi.

Iran’s military says Raisi’s helicopter caught fire soon after crash and there was no sign of attack

Iran’s military says the helicopter carrying late President Ebrahim Raisi caught fire soon after it crashed into a mountain and there was no sign it was attacked.

Iran inters its late president at holiest Shiite site in nation after fatal helicopter crash

Iran has interred late President Ebrahim Raisi at the holiest Shiite shrine in the nation, days after a fatal helicopter crash killed him, the country’s foreign minister and six others.

From London to Los Angeles, many Iranians overseas cheer, and fear, after president’s death

Among Iranian communities from London to Los Angeles, few tears are being shed over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi. He killed in a weekend helicopter crash.

Iran’s supreme leader and proxy militias pray for late president and others dead in helicopter crash

Iran’s supreme leader and representatives of allied militia groups prayed over the coffins of the country’s late president, foreign minister and other officials killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week.

Mourners begin days of funerals for Iran’s president and others killed in helicopter crash

Mourners have begun the days of funerals and processions for Iran’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash.

What’s next for Iran’s government after death of its president in helicopter crash?

The death of Iran’s president is unlikely to lead to any immediate changes in Iran’s ruling system or to its overarching policies, which are decided by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Who is Mohammad Mokhber, appointed Iran’s acting president after a helicopter crash?

Iran’s first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber has been appointed acting president of the Islamic Republic after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader’s protege, dies at 63 in helicopter crash

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died. He was a hard-line protege of the country’s supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels, launched a major attack on Israel and experienced mass protests

Iran’s president and foreign minister die in helicopter crash at moment of high tensions in Mideast

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister have been found dead hours after their helicopter crashed in fog.

What we know so far about the helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and others

The helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and foreign minister has sent shock waves around the region.

Who is Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president whose helicopter suffered a ‘hard landing’ in foggy weather?

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Iran’s hard-line president still missing after likely helicopter crash in foggy, mountainous region

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials apparently has crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of his country.

Iran’s Raisi says Israel must be brought to justice for ‘usurpation’ of Palestinian territories

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Putin continues his blitz round of Mideast diplomacy by hosting the Iranian president

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in the Kremlin. That meetings continues a blitz round of Middle East diplomacy a day after he visited the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Iran’s president says US should ease sanctions to demonstrate it wants to return to nuclear deal

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says that relations with the United States can move forward if the Biden administration demonstrates it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, and a first step should be easing sanctions.

Iran’s president urges US to demonstrate it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says that his country will never give up its right “to have peaceful nuclear energy” and urged the United States “to demonstrate in a verifiable fashion” that it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran’s president denies sending drones and other weapons to Russia and decries US meddling

Iran’s president is denying his country sent drones to Russia for use in the war in Ukraine. It comes even as the United States accuses Iran of not only providing the weapons but helping Russia build a plant to manufacture them.

A year ago, an Iranian woman’s death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground

Iranian authorities have for months done little to enforce the law on women wearing the mandatory headscarf, but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the hijab.

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Iran’s president meets Cuban counterpart in last leg of Latin American tour

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has met with Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel in Havana, the last stop of a Latin American trip that also took him to Iran’s two other allies in the region — Venezuela and Nicaragua.

Iranian leader visits Indonesia to deepen economic ties amid global geopolitical challenges

BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met his Indonesian counterpart, Joko Widodo, on Tuesday on a visit aimed at strengthening economic ties between the two Muslim-majority nations amid heightened global geopolitical tensions.

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