Presidential Election In Iran To Choose Ebrahim Raisi's Successor On June 28

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and several other officials were found dead on Monday, hours after their helicopter crashed in the country's northwest.

Presidential Elections will be held in Iran on June 28.

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The Presidential elections in Iran to choose Ebrahim Raisi's successor will be held on June 28, a report in Tehran Times said on Monday.

The announcement comes following the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. 

Iranian President Raisi, 63, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and several other officials were found dead on Monday, hours after their helicopter crashed in a foggy, mountainous region of the country's northwest.

According to a report in The Guardian, Iran has a long and well-known history of filtering out potential political leaders from elections.

The candidates have to be deemed qualified by an elite body known as the Guardian Council and are interviewed to ensure their worthiness for high office.

The date of the funeral of the Iranian president will be held on Thursday in his hometown in Mashaad. As per Iranian media reports, a first funeral ceremony will be held in Tabriz on Tuesday, after which, Raisi's body will be taken to the capital Tehran, and then buried in Mashaad.

Earlier on Monday, Iran appointed its seasoned nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri, as the acting Foreign Minister.

Bagheri, 56, previously served as the deputy to the late Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. He is known for his close ties to Iran's ultraconservatives and his affiliations with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's inner circle.