elections inside 50 days or “funding from above” –

After a protracted evening, the Iranian Crimson Crescent introduced the loss of life of Ebrahim Raisi. The Iranian president was on board the helicopter that crashed within the mountainous areas of northwestern Iran. This was reported by the Russian company Tass. All passengers and crew of the helicopter died within the accident. This was introduced by the top of the Iranian Crimson Crescent, Pir Hossein Kolivand. “When the placement of the crashed helicopter was found, no hint of any residing passengers from the helicopter was discovered,” he instructed tv channel IRIB. Additionally on board have been International Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Governor of East Azerbaijan Province Malek Rahmati and Friday Imam of town of Tabriz Mohammad Ali Ale Hashem.

As soon as the loss of life of the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, was confirmed, his function was instantly assumed by the primary government vice-president, Mohammad Mokhber. That is what Article 131 of the Structure of the Islamic Republic supplies. The appointment will nonetheless should be confirmed by the Supreme Chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the ultimate say on all state issues. As soon as a provisional authority has been established, a council composed of the primary vp, the speaker of the Home, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and the top of the judiciary, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, might have the duty of organizing the election of a brand new president by the deadline most of fifty days. Nevertheless, Khamenei can, alternatively, resolve to ask the council to nominate a successor with out resorting to the polls to keep away from a transition section in a posh interval like the present one, marked by the warfare between Israel and Hamas.

Within the case of an investiture coming from above, most analysts level to Ghalibaf, former mayor of Tehran and former normal of the Guardians of the Revolution, a determine who survived all of Khamenei’s purges and who has lengthy aspired to the presidency. Each Mokhber and Mohseni-Ejei are thought of loyal executors of the orders of the Supreme Chief who, ought to Ghalibaf be chosen, mustn’t get in the best way on account of private ambitions. Nevertheless, even the present head of the judiciary, a determine who’s personally appointed by Khamenei with out approval from Parliament, may have some probability. Raisi was elected president in 2021. The subsequent elections are at present scheduled for 2025.