MBABANE: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has died after a helicopter carrying him and other officials crashed in a mountainous and forested area of the country due to poor weather, Aljazeera reported on Monday morning.
“The 63-year-old, a figure representing conservative and hardline factions in Iranian politics, was president for nearly three years, and appeared on track to run for re-election next year.A former chief justice, Raisi was touted as a potential successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the 85-year-old supreme leader of Iran”, reads the report in part.
Ebrahim Raisi was elected Iran's president in 2021, having led the country's judiciary and other top offices [File: Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]