All eyes are now on what comes next for the Middle Eastern power, which is home to nearly 90 million people and backs a number of regional proxy groups.
Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash alongside his foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, state media reported early today.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has named Mohammad Mokhber as the country's caretaker president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on 19 May.
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A helicopter carrying Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi suffered "a hard landing" in Iran's East Azerbaijan province on Sunday, state media reported. Government and provincial officials say search and rescue operations are ongoing, but difficult weather conditions are obstructing progress.