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

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, a hard-line protégé 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 and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and several other officials have been found dead after their helicopter crashed in a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and several other officials have been found dead after their helicopter crashed in a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest

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

Iran’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi has long been seen as a protégé to Iran’s supreme leader and a potential successor for his position within the country’s Shiite theocracy

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has suffered a “hard landing.”