Mokhber takes over as Iran’s interim president
Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber takes over as interim president following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi.
'Tehran Times' reports that the Iranian Constitution stipulates responsibilities are transferred to the 'first vice president' with the approval of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.
Moreover, in 50 days the country needs to go to polls to elect a new president.
Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the governor of East Azerbaijan Province, and the representative of the Leader in the province were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday afternoon.
Mokhber will remain in the post until a new presidential election is held within 50 days. He has said the government will continue the policies of the late president.
In a condolence message over the passing of President Raisi on Monday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, “Based on Article 131 of the Constitution, Mr. Mokhber will take over the position of the management of the executive power and he is tasked along with the heads of the judicial and legislative powers to arrange an election to elect new president maximumly within 50 days.”
In accordance with Articles 130 and 131 of the first edition of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran adopted in 1979, the first vice president assumes the duties of the president if the president is unable to fulfill his legal duties due to dismissal, resignation, absence, illness, or death.
The Constitution stipulates that these responsibilities are transferred to the first vice president with the approval of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, and in 50 days the country needs to go to polls to elect a new president.
Prime Minister Modi condoles death of Iranian Prez Raisi in a copter crash
"In a tragic helicopter crash, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, alongside other officials, lost their lives en route to the provincial capital city of Tabriz," reported Tehran Times.
As interim president, Mokhber is part of a three-person council, along with the speaker of parliament and the head of the judiciary, that will organise a new presidential election within 50 days of the president’s death.
Born on Sept 1, 1955, Mokhber, like Raisi, is seen as close to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has the last say in all matters of state. Mokhber became first vice president in 2021 when Raisi was elected president.
Mokhber was part of a team of Iranian officials who visited Moscow in October and agreed to supply surface-to-surface missiles and more drones to Russia’s military,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to X on Monday to condole the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
Modi said he is "deeply saddened and shocked" at the news. He also wrote that India stands with Iran "in this time of sorrow".
Ebrahim Raisi died in a chopper crash with his Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollhian and other senior officials while travelling back from their visit to Iran's border with Azerbaijan. After several hours of massive rescue operations, which involved drones sent by Iran's neighbour Turkey, and amid harsh weather conditions, the wreckage of the helicopter was located.
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