Iran’s supreme chief appoints First Vice President as performing president after Raisi’s demise

DUBAI: Iran’s supreme chief has appointed First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as nation’s performing president after a helicopter crash killed President Ebrahim Raisi.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the announcement in a condolence message he shared for Raisi’s demise within the crash Sunday. The helicopter was discovered Monday in northwestern Iran.

Khamenei additionally introduced 5 days of mourning within the message.

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Monday stated they had been deeply saddened by the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the nation’s overseas minister in a helicopter crash.

“We share our grief with the Islamic Republic of Iran and the folks of that nation and provide our condolences to all of the households of the victims, the nation and the federal government of Iran,” the Taliban prime minister, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, stated in a press release.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan conveyed his condolences to the Iranian folks and authorities over the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Overseas Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and different officers in a helicopter crash.

Erdogan stated in a press release posted on social platform X that he remembers Raisi “with respect and gratitude” and praised his “efforts for the peace of the Iranian folks and our area throughout his time in workplace.”

Turkish authorities dispatched a drone late on Sunday to assist find the wreckage and early on Monday launched footage exhibiting what seemed to be a fireplace within the wilderness that they “suspected to be the wreckage of a helicopter.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday prolonged his “deep condolences” to Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling the deaths of the nation’s president and different officers a “enormous tragedy” and “a troublesome, irreparable loss.”

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Putin stated in a press release launched by the Kremlin, was “an excellent politician whose complete life was dedicated to serving the Motherland.”

“He rightfully loved excessive respect from his compatriots and important authority overseas. As a real good friend of Russia, he made a useful private contribution to the event of fine neighborly relations between our nations and made nice efforts to carry them to the extent of strategic partnership,” the Russian president stated.

Putin stated that he had met Raisi a number of occasions and “will perpetually retain the fondest reminiscence of this excellent man.”

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati declared three days of mourning within the nation in response to the demise of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, with flags at official establishments to be flown at half-staff.

Lebanon’s political factions are deeply divided between these in help of Iran and its protege, Hezbollah, and people against Iranian affect within the nation.