The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has declared the country’s Vice President, Mohammad Mokhber as the Acting President to take effect immediately.
This declaration is coming a few hours after the emergency meeting held over the president’s tragic demise on Sunday in a helicopter crash.
New Telegraph had earlier reported that Iran summoned an emergency meeting on Monday, May 20.
Mokhber will remain interim president until then. “We will follow the path of Raisi in doing the duties entrusted without any disruptions,” he was quoted as saying by state media, according to Aljazeera.
Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has already condoled the Iranian government over Raisi’s death.
Source: New Telegraph