Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is making a comeback bid in the upcoming presidential election. He’s the first prominent candidate to register for the elections set to take place on June 28th. Ahmadinejad previously served two four-year terms from 2005 to 2013. These elections are being held following the helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and eight other people. Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem joins us live from Tehran to discuss the latest updates. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Iran #IranElection2024 #MahmoudAhmadinejad #EbrahimRaisi #AliKhamenei #AlJazeeraEnglish
Political analyst Ali Fathollah-Nejad says the sudden death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has created a power vacuum because Raisi was a protege of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, and was working on finding his successor. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Iran #IranHelicopterAccident #IranianPresident #EbrahimRaisi #Raisi #EbrahimRaisiDies #AmirAbdolahian #IranMourns #IranSupremeLeader #AliKhamenei #IranianPresident
Iran’s Supreme Leader has declared five days of national mourning following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. The wreckage was found early on Monday. The foreign minister, one of the nine on board, has also been confirmed dead. Al Jazeera’s Michael Appel reports on how events unfolded before and after the crash. To discuss this further, Hamidreza Azizi, a Nonresident Fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, joins from Berlin, and Alex Macheras, an independent aviation analyst and consultant, joins from Doha. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our […]
The semi-official news agency reports that the Iranian president, foreign minister and other occupants of the helicopter, including East Azerbaijan Province Governor Malek Rahmati, have been “martyred” (killed). Iran’s president dead after helicopter crash, state media confirms Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App : https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
The semi-official news agency reports that the Iranian president, foreign minister and other occupants of the helicopter, including East Azerbaijan Province Governor Malek Rahmati, have been “martyred” (killed). There is still no official confirmation that Raisi is dead, but medics have said that they found “no signs” of life at the crash site. Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem is in Doha and Resul Serdar is in Tehran for the latest. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Iran #IranHelicopterAccident #EbrahimRaisi #Raisi #AmirAbdolahian #EastAzerbaijan #BreakingNews #news
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has urged Muslim states to “at least cut off political ties with Israel for a limited period of time”, the semiofficial news agency Tasnim is reporting. Ali Khamenei made the comments while attending the unveiling of the Revolutionary Guard’s new hypersonic ballistic missile, called Fattah 2. The exhibition also featured an unmanned drone Iran unveiled in 2021, which it named Gaza in tribute to Palestinians. Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari joins us live from Tehran, Iran for the latest updates. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ […]
Iran’s parliament has passed a draft motion to halt unrestricted access by the International Atomic Energy Agency to its nuclear sites. The proposed changes could allow Iran to resume uranium enrichment at levels of 20 percent. Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Iran #Nuclear
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has accused Israel of killing a high-ranking Iranian nuclear physicist and said that Tehran would retaliate in its own time. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who Israeli intelligence accuse of heading a secret nuclear weapons programme, was gunned down on Friday. Analysts say the move will affect US President-elect Joe Biden’s widely expected plan to return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA nuclear deal. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig reports from Tehran, Iran. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Iran #MohsenFakhrizadeh #Fakhrizadeh