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Iran's Supreme Leader names Mohammad Mokhber interim President

Iran's Supreme Leader names Mohammad Mokhber interim President
20 May 2024 13:08

Tehran (dpa)

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has named First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as acting president in the wake of Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash.

Khamenei also ordered five days of national mourning for Raisi.

According to protocol, Mokhber had been expected to become interim president. New elections will now have to be held within 50 days.

Read more: Who is Mohammad Mokhber, Iran's interim president?

Raisi and eight other passengers, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, died when their helicopter went down on Sunday over mountainous terrain in dense fog.

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