Ebrahim Raisi Archives

May 31, 2024 3:00 PM

Former Iran parliament speaker signs up for presidential vote after Raisi death

Former Iranian parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, a prominent conservative, was among candidates registering on Friday for an early election next month following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, state media reported. Lari...

May 22, 2024 8:49 AM

Vice President Dhankhar embarks to Tehran for Iranian President Raisi’s funeral

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday morning departed for Tehran to attend the funeral of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, his foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and other officials who were killed in a helicopter crash, the Minis...

May 20, 2024 11:03 AM

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash, PM Modi offers condolences

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner 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 and state media said on Monday. I...

April 22, 2024 3:28 PM

Iranian president lands in Pakistan for three-day visit to mend ties

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Islamabad on Monday on a three-day official visit, the foreign office said, amid tight security in the Pakistani capital. The visit, which Pakistan's foreign office said would run until Wednesday, comes as ...

February 2, 2024 5:35 PM

Iran won’t start a war but will respond to bullies, says president

Iran will not start a war but would "respond strongly" to anyone who tried to bully it, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Friday, a day after the U.S. said it was planning attacks on Iranian sites in Iraq and Syria. There has been mounting speculation...

November 7, 2023 8:32 AM

PM Modi hold talks with Iranian President; discusses Israel-Hamas conflict, Chabahar port

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged in a telephone conversation with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, during which he voiced his apprehensions about terrorist activities and civilian casualties, amidst the Israel-Hamas conflict. In the course...

August 9, 2023 12:42 PM

Iran’s President Raisi officially invites UAE president to visit Tehran

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi officially invited United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to visit Tehran in the near future, the semi-official Tasnim agency reported on Thursday. In April, Iran appointed an ambassador t...