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Ebrahim Raisolsadati (14 December 1960 – 19 May 2024), commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi, was an Iranian politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.
May 20, 2024 · Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died. He was a hard-line protege 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, launched a major attack on Israel and experienced mass protests.
May 20, 2024 · 20 May 2024. EPA. Rescuers found the crash site after daybreak on Monday. President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people were killed on Sunday when the helicopter they were travelling in came...
May 20, 2024 · Once seen as a likely successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, President Ebrahim Raisi has died in office, leaving the Islamic Republic’s hardline establishment facing an uncertain future. CNN ...
May 19, 2024 · CNN — Ultraconservative Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed Sunday, along with his foreign minister, in a helicopter crash in Iran’s remote northwest, injecting fresh uncertainty as the...
May 20, 2024 · Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president and a top contender to succeed the nation’s supreme leader, was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash. He was 63. A conservative Shiite Muslim cleric who had a...
May 20, 2024 · Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-liner who was seen as a potential successor to the country's aging supreme leader, died in a helicopter crash, Iranian state media reported on Monday.
May 20, 2024 · 11:12 a.m. ET, May 20, 2024. Global leaders send condolences following Raisi's death. Reaction to the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi continued to filter through on Monday.
May 20, 2024 · Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for enforcing brutal crackdowns on political opposition and seen as a potential successor to the supreme leader, has died in a helicopter crash landing in...
Jun 9, 2024 · Ebrahim Raisi was an Iranian cleric, prosecutor, and politician who served as Iran’s head of the judiciary (2019–21) and later as the country’s president (2021–24). He received a religious education on the eve of the Iranian Revolution of 1979. After the revolution, he became a prominent prosecutor for the regime.
