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 Workplace in Tehran, Press TV reported citing IRNA information report.
The assembly was attended by Iran’s Head of the Government Department Mohammad Mokhber, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf 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 dying in a helicopter crash incident in East Azerbaijan province.
As per Article 131 of the Iranian Structure, the nation’s prime three officers are mandated to rearrange presidential elections inside 50 days following the dying or incapacitation of the incumbent president.
In line with 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 Could 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 solution 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 serious dam challenge.
Rescuers discovered the wreckage of the helicopter early on Monday after hours of intensive search, which concerned greater than 70 groups.
Overseas Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and two senior provincial officers together with crew members and bodyguards additionally died because of the crash.
Following this, nation’s Supreme Chief, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has introduced 5 days of nationwide mourning in Iran, in keeping with Press TV.
Khamenei declared the identical in a message on Monday, and said that he obtained the “bitter information” of the dying of his “companions with nice sorrow.”
“Expensive Raeisi didn’t know fatigue,” Ayatollah Khamenei stated, including that the Iranian nation misplaced a honest and helpful servant on this tragic incident, in keeping with Press TV. (ANI)
