The Latest Breaking News from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The supreme leader also appoints nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani as acting FM and announces five days of mourning.

Regime likely to ensure chosen candidate has no rivals but ex-president Rouhani is challenging power of Guardian Council

Body of the 63-year-old hardliner was found in East Azerbaijan province, state media reports

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was declared dead on Monday after rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded western mountain region, sparking mourning in the Islamic republic. Under the Iranian constitution, first vice president Mohammad Mokhber, 68, should replace Raisi until presidential elections are held within 50 days.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protege of the country’s supreme leader, has died aged 63 ...

The Khamenei loyalist - who has been sanctioned by the EU for alleged involvement in ‘missile activities’ - has taken over after Raisi was killed 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. He was 63.

Tom Tugendhat says Raisi’s regime has ‘murdered thousands at home’ and targeted people in Britain

Iranian president was travelling in the country’s East Azerbaijan province when it came down in a forested area.