Interim leader appointed after Iran president killed in helicopter crash
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday named a caretaker president and outlined constitutionally mandated succession plans following Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash. The helicopter carrying Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian crashed in foggy conditions in northeastern Iran on Sunday, according to official state media. Search and rescue teams found [...]