A tale of two narratives emerged on social media, after Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several other senior officials died Sunday in a helicopter crash.
Members of the Assembly of Experts, a body tasked with choosing the Islamic Republic's next supreme leader elected senior cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani as the Assembly's chairman on Tuesday.
A team of search and rescue motorcyclists from the operation to find Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, have revealed that the wreckage of the helicopter was "completely exploded and everything was burned."
Ebrahim Raisi was reportedly stripped of his potential successor status to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, months before his sudden death in a helicopter crash Sunday.
Politician and cleric Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani has been elected as head of the Assembly of Experts, deepening the control of hard-line conservative rule in Iran.
The Biden administration’s message of sympathy for the death of Ebrahim Raisi sparked harsh criticism from US lawmakers and some Iranian-American activists who called the gesture a “slap” on the face of the late-president’s victims.
Following the helicopter crash that killed Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian groups have called for accountability for his crimes.
Amid controversial international messages of condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, former US Vice President Mike Pence says “the world is a safer place” without him.
Following the news of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian's deaths, messages of condolence quickly poured in from some predictable corner of the world.
As Iran watchers and analysts rush to predict the next chapter of the Islamic Republic’s rule – many takes are emerging following the deadly helicopter crash that took the life of the country’s President.
Iranians flooded social media platforms with jokes and speculations about the circumstances and the cause of the air-crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi, many pointing fingers at Mojtaba Khamenei, the Supreme Leader’s son.
There are several theories as to what may have led to the chopper crash that killed Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials in the mountainous terrain near Azerbaijan.
The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has triggered a mix of official condolences contrasted with backlash from critics around the globe who see the condolences as approval of Raisi’s legacy as the 'Butcher of Tehran'.
President Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash is likely to impact the succession process for the 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Three police officers were killed Sunday night following a gunfight which broke out after a police chase, with the assailant also losing his life.
After the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the Association of Families of the Ukrainian Plane Victims released a statement accusing him of complicity in the downing of the airliner.
Following Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash, dissident Saeed Afkari, brother of the executed wrestler Navid Afkari, has publicly shared his joy.
In the wake of the helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s Supreme Leader appointed Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as acting president.
Mohammad Javad Zarif, former Foreign Minister of Iran, blamed American sanctions on aviation parts for the crash of a chopper carrying President Ebrahim Raisi.
Questions are arising regarding who would immediately succeed Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
The news of Raisi’s helicopter crash and death has caused speculation about the question of presidential succession and its implications for the Islamic Republic of Iran.