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Hours before Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash that also killed his foreign minister and eight other senior officials, Iran state media shared videos of the leader on board the chopper on Sunday. The video shows the Iranian leader looking out of an aircraft window as the camera pans to show several senior officials including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian seated opposite him. In a clip, shared by Iran video, the President can be seen meeting officials before he boarded the chopper. Approximately 30 minutes after the aircraft took off, contact was lost with it. Nearly 16 hours…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, died in a helicopter crash last night. The aircraft, carrying top officials, went down while crossing mountainous terrain in heavy fog while en route to the Iranian city of Tabriz following the inauguration of the Qiz Qalasi Dam on the Iranian-Azerbaijani border. Under the Iranian constitution, the death of a sitting president triggers specific protocols. First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, 69, will assume the presidency in an interim capacity. Mokhber, a seasoned political figure with close ties to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has a history of significant influence within the…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died after his chopper crashed while flying over mountains in East Azerbaijan province amid heavy fog, Iran news media has said. “President Raisi, the foreign minister and all the passengers in the helicopter were killed in the crash,” a senior Iranian official told news agency Reuters. The footage shows the moment the president’s helicopter wreckage was found by the volunteer drone team of the Relief & Rescue Organization of the Red Crescent pic.twitter.com/xJ3qCdUi9t — IRNA News Agency (@IrnaEnglish) May 20, 2024 State media shared the first images from the site of the crash, almost 16 hours…
As Iran mourns its President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials killed in a helicopter crash, the world will be closely watching the aftermath and the implications on geopolitical equations. The crash, which took place in northwest Iran, comes at a very critical time as far as the West Asia region is concerned. For the past seven months, Israel has waged a war in Gaza that was triggered by a Hamas attack on Israeli cities. Tehran has been repeatedly accused of backing Hezbollah in opening the Lebanon front against Tel Aviv. But a major escalation of hostilities…
Camila Giorgi, who secretly quit tennis and fled to US from her country Italy, has been accused of stealing antiques and failing to pay rent for six months. According to Fox Sports, Ms Giorgi and her family have several “gaps” regarding tax returns. Before leaving for the US, the 32-year-old lived in a rental property in Calenzano, Tuscany. Now, her landlord has made a series of allegations against the former tennis star, Fox News further said citing reports in local Italian outlets. “They made half of our furniture disappear. Persian rugs, fine furniture, even an antique half-ton table. We are…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a chopper crash on Sunday, and said that India stands with Iran in its “time of sorrow”. “Deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic demise of Dr. Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. His contribution to strengthening India-Iran bilateral relationship will always be remembered. My heartfelt condolences to his family and the people of Iran. India stands with Iran in this time of sorrow,” he said in a post on X. PM Modi had expressed “deep concern” when the…
Rescuers in Iran were racing on Sunday to find the crash site of a helicopter that was carrying President Ebrahim Raisi to find out the fate of all those on board. Below is brief outline of what Iran’s constitution says happens if a president is incapacitated or dies in office: * According to article 131 of the Islamic Republic’s constitution, if a president dies in office the first vice president takes over, with the confirmation of the supreme leader, who has the final say in all matters of state. * A council consisting of the first vice president, the speaker…
A man has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district after a video surfaced on Sunday on social media in which he was seen voting multiple times, an official said. The arrested man has been identified as Rajan Singh, a resident of Khiriya Pamaran village, a statement noted. Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa said in a statement that an FIR has been registered in connection with the matter. “Instructions to suspend and institute disciplinary proceedings against all members of the polling party have been issued. Repolling has been recommended to the Election Commission of India in the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned the Opposition’s allegation of communal politics against the BJP on its head, telling NDTV that the Opposition is not only communal but their politics is also riddled with casteist and vote-bank ideas. “This is how they run their politics… I have thought sometimes that I should be careful… But now I think whether I’m labelled communal or not, no matter what anyone says about me, I will expose their sins,” he told NDTV’s Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia. Citing examples, he said his motto is “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas”. “Say I have given benefits to a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi detailed his government’s massive focus on the infrastructure sector and how their steps differ from previous regimes in an extensive interview to NDTV’s Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia. The Prime Minister, in a dig at the previous governments, spoke about the “‘malai'” factor, which he said was earlier associated with all infrastructure projects: “Infrastructure was misused a lot in the past. Earlier it meant, the bigger the project, the more the ‘malai’ (cream – a metaphor for corruption). So, the ‘malai’ factor got stuck with the infrastructure and that destroyed the country.” “For years, I saw infrastructure either…