New Delhi: Following the tragic demise of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on Sunday afternoon, heads of the three branches of the Iranian authorities have agreed on a date, June 28 for snap presidential elections within the nation, Press TV reported.
The date was confirmed throughout a gathering held on the Presidency Office in Tehran, Press TV reported citing IRNA information report.
The assembly was attended by Iran’s Head of the Executive Branch Mohammad Mokhber, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher (*28*) and Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i.
This session marked the second assembly between the three officers inside hours following President Raisi’s tragic demise in a helicopter crash incident in East Azerbaijan province.
As per Article 131 of the Iranian Constitution, the nation’s high three officers are mandated to rearrange presidential elections inside 50 days following the demise or incapacitation of the incumbent president.
According to Press TV, the assembly which was held on Monday witnessed the presence of the Iranian deputy president for authorized affairs Mohammad Dehghan, deputy chairman of the Guardian Council Siamak Rahpeykand, and deputy inside minister for political affairs Mohammad Taghi Shahcheraghi.
A timetable was set for the elections, permitting hopefuls to register from May 30 to June 3, with candidates launching their campaigns for 15 days beginning June 12.
The helicopter carrying Raisi and his entourage crashed round afternoon on Sunday because it was on its method to Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan, from a location on the border with the Republic of Azerbaijan the place the Iranian president had opened a significant dam mission.
Rescuers discovered the wreckage of the helicopter early on Monday after hours of in depth search, which concerned greater than 70 groups.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and two senior provincial officers together with crew members and bodyguards additionally died on account of the crash.
Following this, nation’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has introduced 5 days of nationwide mourning in Iran, in accordance with Press TV.
Khamenei declared the identical in a message on Monday, and said that he obtained the “bitter news” of the demise of his “companions with great sorrow.”
“Dear Raeisi did not know fatigue,” Ayatollah Khamenei mentioned, including that the Iranian nation misplaced a honest and helpful servant on this tragic incident, in accordance with Press TV. (ANI)
