Summary
- Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Mohammad Mokhber as interim head of the executive branch after President Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash.
- First Vice President Mokhber is tasked with organizing the election of a new president within 50 days.
- Five days of public mourning were announced by Khamenei following Raisi’s unexpected death.
- Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials died in the helicopter crash in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province.
