Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi

Election official says 17 hopefuls had signed up since registration for the June 28 election opened

Hundreds of thousands marched in his hometown Mashhad to bid farewell to Raisi ahead of his burial

Late president laid to rest at holy shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad

Search operation was launched involving EU, Russia, Turkey to locate chopper carrying Iranian president

PM meets Iran supreme leader, offer condolences for copter crash victims

Funeral ceremony to be held in Tehran, where leaders from around the world are expected to attend

Raisi's body will be flown to his home city of Mashhad where he will be buried on Thursday

National flag at half-mast across country

The decision comes following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash

President, PM express shock and profound grief over the loss of good friend

According to Islamic Republic's constitution, if a president dies in office the first vice president takes over

Iran agreed to build project in 2010 but funds dried up after it released $50 million

Traffic police issues alternate traffic plan, security beefed up in provincial capital

President says Iran ready to share its progress in science and technology

City’s traffic police issue advisories regarding temporary closure of roads on April 23

Ebrahim Raisi's visit to Karachi is scheduled in conjunction with his broader trip to Pakistan on April 23

In phone call with Vladimir Putin, Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi says his country has no interest in further escalation

Heavyweight moderates and conservatives stayed away from Friday's election and reformists called it unfree and unfair

The protests are the largest to sweep the country since demonstrations over fuel prices in 2019

‘We are in New York, where there is no law or tradition regarding headscarves’, CNN journalist writes on Twitter