While condoling the martyrdom of Iran's president and his companions, Hadi Tahan Nazif stated that according to Iran's constitution, the first vice president will assume the powers of the government after the approval of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
He added that a council of the Iran parliament speaker, the head of the judiciary, and other officials will be formed which is obliged to prepare the conditions for the election of the president within at the latest 50 days.
Guardian Council spokesperson stated that there is no problem due to the lack of law and the process will be carried out according to the law.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian have martyred in a helicopter crash in the northwestern province of East Azerbaijan.
The helicopter carrying President Raeisi and his accompanying delegation crashed on Sunday in the Dizmar forest, nestled between the cities of Varzaqan and Jolfa in East Azarbaijan Province.
It was transporting Raeisi, Amir-Abdollahian, East Azarbaijan Governor Malek Rahmati, Friday Prayers leader of the city of Tabriz Seyyed Mohammad Ali Al-e Hashem, and a member of the president’s bodyguard team Mahdi Mousavi. The helicopter’s pilot, co-pilot and crew were also among others on board the chopper.
President Raeisi and his accompanying delegation were returning from a ceremony to inaugurate a dam on the Aras River with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.
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