Saeed Jalili is a hardline former nuclear negotiator who has worked for four years under Khameini. On the other hand, moderate candidate Massoud Pazeshkian is an advocate for theocratic rule but has called for detente with the West, economic reform and social liberalisation.
Iran's next president will not have a major role in the nuclear doctrine as all important state matters are controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but will set the tone of its foreign policy. The elections came in the wake of Ebrahim Raisi's death amid regional tensions.
Prospects of another simmering regional conflict grew as Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets toward Israel in retaliation for the death of a senior commander killed in an Israeli airstrike. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the group already has 100,000 fighters to fight a war.
All members of the BRICS in August 2023 approved the expansion of the bloc by including Iran, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia. Russia took over the presidency of the BRICS on January 1 and it will feature over 250 various events.
Iran's presidential elections were announced on June 28 after President Ebrahim Raisi's tragic demise in a helicopter crash on May 19. Raisi's sudden death had triggered a race among hardliners to influence the selection of Iran's next leader.
"Where were your eyes on October 7": Israel issued a firm response amid a wave of social media campaigns, joined by global figures, including Bollywood stars, condemning Israel for its recent military action in Rafah, which resulted in the deaths of at least 45 in Rafah.
Ebrahim Raisi was once seen as a possible successor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but his untimely demise triggered a race among hardliners to become the next leader. Iran has announced snap presidential elections on June 28.
Iranian border guards opened fire at a vehicle carrying a group of Pakistanis in the border village of Mashkel in Balochistan's Washuk district. An official said the Pakistani nationals killed or injured were involved in the supply of Iranian smuggled oil.
A US official said the UN should not memoralise Iran's decades-long oppressor, citing Raisi's infamous role in executing thousands of political prisoners in 1988. Raisi was killed along with his foreign minister and other officials during a helicopter crash on May 19.
Pakistan's Supreme Court, acting on the directive of Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, has penned a letter to British High Commissioner Jane Marriott, urging the United Kingdom to rectify its previous errors.
The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) means that Iran can produce as many as three nuclear weapons if its uranium stockpile is enriched further. Iran's overall stockpile of enriched uranium has vastly exceeded the limits of the suspended 2015 nuclear deal.
During his first speech in the Iranian Parliament, Mokhber praised Raisi's time in office, noting that Iran's crude oil production — a key source of hard currency for the country — climbed to more than 3.6 million barrels a day.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who reached Tehran on Wednesday, paid homage to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash. Also, he met the interim President and conveyed condolences over the tragic demise.
India had declared a day of mourning on Tuesday in wake of the untimely demise of Iran's hardline president Ebrahim Raisi. PM Modi had earlier expressed grief over Raisi's death and lauded his contribution in strengthening the India-Iran bilateral relationship.
Raisi, his foreign minister and others were killed when his helicopter crashed in poor weather in the mountains in East Azerbaijan province. His body was taken on a procession through downtown Tehran to Azadi on Wednesday, also known as "Freedom Square", where Raisi gave speeches in the past.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, officials said on Monday.
Mourners in black began gathering Tuesday for days of funerals and processions for Iran's late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, along with his foreign minister and other high-ranking officials, died in a helicopter crash on May 19 while he was returning from Azerbaijan.
Thousands of people walked through the Iranian city of Tabriz on Tuesday to honour Raisi, his foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and others killed in the helicopter. Raisi, 63, was a hardline leader tipped to become Iran's next Supreme Leader after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran and Israel are bitter enemies, waging a shadow war for decades that broke open into a tit-for-tat drone and missile attacks last month, escalating tensions in the Middle East. These tensions have fuelled speculation of Israel's involvement in Ebrahim Raisi's tragic death on Sunday.
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