Ebrahim Raisi death: Iran to hold snap presidential elections on this date

Following President Ebrahim Raisi's tragic death in a chopper crash on Sunday, the Iranian government has decided on a date to hold snap presidential elections. The country will hold elections on June 28, ANI reported quoting Press TV.

The report further said the date was confirmed during a meeting held in Tehran where heads of three Iranian government branches agreed.

Iran's Head of the Executive Branch Mohammad Mokhber, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Judiciary Chief
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i attended the meeting.

Significantly, as per Article 131 of the Iranian Constitution, the country's top three officials are mandated to arrange presidential elections within 50 days following the death or incapacitation of the incumbent president.

Meanwhile, 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, a government-led series of ceremonies aimed at both honouring the dead and projecting strength in an unsettled Middle East.

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