Iran presidential election 2024: Hardliner faces reformist in presidential run-off Iranian voters head to the polls on Friday to choose a new president in a…
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A larger funeral is scheduled for Wednesday, now declared a public holiday, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expected to lead the nation in prayer.
Iranian news outlet Tasnim, which is affiliated to the country’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, is reporting that President Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral will be held tomorrow in Tabriz – the city he was travelling to yesterday.
The current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – who has held the position for more than three decades – encouraged voters to cast their ballots. He said not voting “would not solve anything.”
The US on Thursday urged Iran’s new President Ebrahim Raisi to return to talks on both nations resuming compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, repeating the US stance that the window for diplomacy would not stay open forever.
Ebrahim Raisi has won the country’s presidential election by a landslide, according to preliminary results released on Saturday by the Interior Ministry