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Iran announces new interim president and acting foreign minister

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  • 20 May 2024 15:48
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Mohammad Mokhber and Ali Bagheri Kani have been declared Iran's interim president and acting foreign minister respectively following the deaths of the country's President and FM.

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  • Then Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani confer before a meeting with the Russian foreign minister at the Iranian foreign ministry headquarters in Tehran on June 23. (AFP)
    Then Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and then Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani confer before a meeting with the Russian foreign minister at the Iranian foreign ministry headquarters in Tehran on June 23, 2022. (AFP)

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran Sayyed Ali Khamenei released a statement mourning the late President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions, and announcing a five-day mourning period across the country. 

Sayyed Khamenei also announced that Vice President Mohammad Mokhber will be Iran's interim president, as per Article 131 of the constitution, calling on him and the heads of the judiciary and legislative authorities to organize the presidential elections, which will be held in 50 days. 

Intermin President Mokhber, in turn, vowed to uphold former President Raisi's political path during an emergency meeting with the heads of the judiciary and legislative authorities. 

The spokesperson of the Iranian Foreign Ministry also declared Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani as Iran's acting foreign minister. 

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This announcement comes over 16 hours after the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps reported they had lost contact with the helicopter carrying the officials. Since then, at least 73 rapid response and rescue teams from the provinces of East Azarbaijan, Tehran, Alborz, Ardabil, Zanjan, and West Azarbaijan were involved in the search and rescue operations led by the Iranian RCS.

The Iranian government asserted today that departed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi never hesitated to serve the country and follow in the footsteps of its development and prosperity, emphasizing that he was a servant of the people who loved him.

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