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Ebrahim Raisi

Ebrahim Raisi was elected president of Iran in 2021. The hard-liner, who previously headed the country's judiciary, was known for his connections to Iran's religious leaders, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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Iran | Wahlen Masoud Pezeshkian

Iran election: Moderate Pezeshkian wins presidential runoff

Iranian voters were choosing between a hard-line candidate and his more moderate rival in run-off elections.
PoliticsJuly 6, 2024
Saeed Jalili (l) and Masoud Pezeshkian (r) shake hands

Iran presidential election run-off: Who is likely to win?

Iranians will vote in a presidential run-off pitting a relatively moderate candidate against an ultraconservative.
PoliticsJuly 4, 2024
Two young Iranian women are walking past electoral posters featuring portraits of Saeed Jalili, Expediency Discernment Council member, former chief nuclear negotiator, and Iran's 2024 early presidential elections candidate, in downtown Tehran, Iran, on June 27, 2024, the day before Iran's early Presidential elections.

Polls open in Iran's presidential race to replace Raisi

Iranians are choosing between three hardliners and one moderate candidate. What are voters' concerns?
PoliticsJune 28, 202402:45 min
Iran presidential candidates take part in a televised debate at the Iran State television studio in Tehran

Iran election: Can voters challenge the hard-liners?

Iranians are voting for new president on Friday. Many voters are disillusioned with the Islamic regime.
PoliticsJune 27, 2024
A photo combining portraits of Iran's six presidential candidates

Iran: Who are the 6 men running for president?

As Iranians prepare to elect a new president, six approved candidates are running to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi.
PoliticsJune 10, 2024
Iran Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf

Iran: Six candidates approved for presidential election

A total of 80 Iranians had applied to become candidates for the presidential election. Only 6 were approved.
PoliticsJune 9, 2024
Bashar Assad and Ali Khamenei sit next to a portrait of Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on May 30

Syria's Assad offers condolences in Iran after Raisi death

Syrian President Bashar Assad met with Ayatollah Khamenei soon after the sudden death of President Ebrahim Raisi.
PoliticsMay 30, 2024
The helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi near the Azerbaijani border

Iran: Army sees no foul play in Raisi helicopter crash

Iran's army has found no reasons for suspicion after the helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday.
PoliticsMay 24, 2024
Flag-draped coffins of the President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions who were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, during their funeral ceremony in the city of Mashhad

Iran buries late President Ebrahim Raisi in home city

Late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been buried at Iran's holiest Shiite Muslim site after days of mourning.
PoliticsMay 23, 2024
A view of people holding placards depicting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a farewell ceremony

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi laid to rest

Iran's late president, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, was buried in his home city of Mashhad.
PoliticsMay 23, 202402:27 min
An aerial view of mourners attending the funeral for victims of the helicopter crash that killed Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and others

Iranian mourners gather in Tehran for Raisi's funeral

Iran's president was killed along with the country's foreign minister and others in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
PoliticsMay 22, 202402:11 min
An Iran supporter with her face made up to show tears of blood under a heart in the Iranian colours

Iran: Raisi is dead but oppression lives on

The intimidation campaign against Iranian citizens continues unabashed after the president died in a helicopter crash.
SocietyMay 22, 2024
Helicopter with President Raisi at the border with Azerbaijan

Fact check: Was Raisi's helicopter hit by a space laser?

A viral post on X claims that a space laser weapon targeted the helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi.
PoliticsMay 22, 2024
People hold up posters of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a mourning ceremony for him at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran

How are Iranians reacting to President Raisi's death?

Iran has declared five days of national mourning after President Raisi's death, but many people aren't sad.
PoliticsMay 21, 2024
Crowd of people around a truck in Tabriz on May 21 for the funeral procession of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi

Iran: Funeral procession for President Raisi begins

A funeral procession for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is underway after he was killed in a helicopter crash.
PoliticsMay 21, 2024
Red flowers outside the Iranian embassy in Moscow

World leaders react to death of Iran's president

The world leaders of China, Russia and neighboring states have sent their condolences after the president's death.
PoliticsMay 20, 202401:52 min
A woman reads a newspaper with a front-page report on the crash of the Iranian president's helicopter outside a kiosk in Tehran

What's next for Iran after President Raisi's death?

The president's sudden death comes as the country struggles to navigate a raft of geopolitical and economic challenges.
PoliticsMay 20, 2024
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi looking on, sitting next to the Iranian flag

Who was Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's late president?

President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, played a crucial role in Iran over the past 40 years.
PoliticsMay 20, 2024
Acting President Mohammad Mokhber sits next to a framed photo of Raisi

Death of Iran's president a 'shock' for regime supporters

DW's Niloofar Gholami explains what the deaths of the president and foreign minister mean for Iran.
PoliticsMay 20, 202403:37 min
Ebrahim Raisi speaks into a microphone in front of a blue background

Iranian president, foreign minister killed in crash

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have died in a helicopter crash in a remote mountainous region.
PoliticsMay 20, 202401:30 min
Ebrahim Raisi

Ebrahim Raisi: What to know about the Iranian president

Who was Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and what will happen in the Middle East in the wake of his death?
PoliticsMay 20, 2024
Ebrahim Raisi casts his ballot during an election

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in helicopter accident

Search-and-rescue efforts are underway in Iran after an apparent helicopter crash involving President Ebrahim Raisi.
CatastropheMay 19, 202401:24 min
In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue teams' vehicles are seen near the site of the incident of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024.

Iran: President Raisi's helicopter suffers 'hard landing'

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been involved in an "accident" in the north of the country.
CatastropheMay 19, 2024
Irans Präsident zu Staatsbesuch in Pakistan

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visits Pakistan

The visit is being seen as Iran's effort to secure regional support– as its conflict with Israel deepens.
PoliticsApril 23, 202401:55 min
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad

Iran's president woos Pakistani premier amid Israel tensions

Amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's trip to Pakistan has gained significance.
PoliticsApril 22, 2024
Iranian Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran-Israel tensions: Which countries can influence Iran?

Countries across the geopolitical spectrum are urging de-escalation in the Middle East.
ConflictsApril 18, 2024
Ayatollah Khamenei walks followed by his secretary Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani

Iran elections: Hard-liners ahead in Tehran — early count

Iranian archconservatives are leading the preliminary vote count in Tehran, amid reports of a record low turnout.
PoliticsMarch 2, 2024
An event held at Azadi Square to mark the 45th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran on February 11, 2024

Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

The 1979 revolution saw the US-backed Shah ousted and replaced by Islamic cleric Ayatollah Khomeini.
SocietyFebruary 11, 2024
Police stand guard outside the Svea Court of Appeals in Stockholm

Sweden upholds life sentence in Iran prison executions case

The case was brought under the principle of universal jurisdiction.
Rule of LawDecember 19, 2023
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (center) attends an armed forces graduation ceremony in Tehran

Israel-Hamas war: What is Iran's role?

Tehran says Palestinians "have the right to resist," but denies involvement in the recent Hamas attacks.
ConflictsOctober 12, 2023
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi meets with Kenya's President William Ruto at State House in Nairobi

Iranian President Raisi kicks off Africa tour in Kenya

The tour marks the first visit by an Iranian leader to Africa in over a decade as Iran looks to forge new partnerships.
PoliticsJuly 12, 2023
Protesting pensioners on the streets of Iran

In Iran, angry pensioners protest inflation, government

Food prices have almost doubled in a year, and increasing numbers of retired people are falling below the poverty line.
SocietyJune 11, 2023
Ali Shamkhani, former secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, speaks at an even in Tehran on September 26, 2018

Iran replaces longtime security chief Shamkhani

Ali Shamkhani, who helped Iran rebuild ties with Saudi Arabia, will be replaced by a Revolutionary Guards general.
Law and JusticeMay 22, 2023
Iranian veiled women

Iran: yoghurt attack on unveiled women goes viral

Iran's president backed hijab laws, after a video of two unveiled women being attacked with a tub of yoghurt went viral.
Human RightsApril 1, 2023
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi

Iran's president to visit Saudi king in bid to thaw ties

The two traditional rivals agreed to normalize relations in a March 10 deal brokered by China.
PoliticsMarch 19, 2023
International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, arrives for a meeting with head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami

IAEA, Iran agree to closer joint nuclear site inspections

Iran and the IAEA agreed to more inspections and the reactivation of surveillance cameras and monitoring equipment.
PoliticsMarch 4, 2023
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bejing

China praises 'solidarity' with Iran during Raisi visit

President Xi Jinping noted the decades of cooperation between the two countries during the Iranian leader's visit.
PoliticsFebruary 14, 2023
President Ebrahim Raisi speaking to a large crowd

Iran: 44th anniversary of revolution disrupted by hackers

Iranians abroad held large demonstrations against the Islamic Republic.
PoliticsFebruary 12, 2023
Iranians rally in front of former US embassy in Taiwan

Iran counterprotests celebrate 1979 US Embassy seizure

State-backed media showed images of anti-American demonstrations, with rallygoers waving Iranian flags.
PoliticsNovember 4, 2022
Iranian woman shows victory sign to camera; other women walk by her

Iran: Students tell President Raisi to 'get lost'

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited the campus of Alzahra University to address those he called "rioters."
PoliticsOctober 8, 2022
Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi leans against a railing in a floral sweater

Prominent Iranian activist hopes for revolution

DW's Birgit Maass met with Iranian political activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi.
PoliticsSeptember 28, 202202:29 min
Women in Iran sat in protest holding up signs

Western diplomats summoned in Iran protests

Authorities are looking for scapegoats amid ongoing antigovernment protests, summoning British and Norwegian diplomats.
Human RightsSeptember 25, 2022
A woman's head without a hijab, in the background a man throws something towards a line a police

Iran calls for 'decisive' action against protesters

The Iranian president has called for action against the widespread protests following the death of a young woman.
SocietySeptember 24, 2022
A woman seen holding her hair as she shouts slogans next to an Iranian flag during a protest in Turkey

Iran: Death toll rises in unrest over Mahsa Amini's death

Violent protests continued while Iran's president decried the West's "double standards" on women's rights.
Human RightsSeptember 21, 2022
The front page of an Iranian newspaper featuring a story on the death of Mahsa Amini

Iran protests spread after death in police custody

Thousands of people are demonstrating across Iran after the death of a woman arrested on dress code violations.
Human RightsSeptember 19, 2022
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi

Iran: Woman's death in morality police custody to be probed

Mahsa Amini was arrested when officers apparently found fault with her headscarf or hijab and died in their custody.
Law and JusticeSeptember 16, 2022
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's regional security summit in Uzbekistan

Putin wants Ukraine conflict to end 'as soon as possible'

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to end the Ukraine conflict "as soon as possible," without saying how.
PoliticsSeptember 16, 2022
French President Emmanuel Macron

Macron says Iran nuclear deal remains possible

Macron has "expressed his disappointment" at the lack of progress in reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement.
PoliticsJuly 24, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi

Putin in Iran for trilateral talks

The talks between the leaders of the three regional powers Russia, Iran and Turkey aims at bolstering their relations.
PoliticsJuly 19, 2022
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro shake hands at the conclusion of their joint news briefing at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran

Iran and Venezuela sign 20-year cooperation deal

The two allies have both been heavily hit by US sanctions.
PoliticsJune 11, 2022