Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in May, along with his foreign minister and six other senior officials. Iran’s final inquiry into the helicopter crash that killed former President Ebrahim Raisi in May has found it was caused by bad weather, says the body investigating the case. The helicopter carrying 63-year-old Raisi and his entourage came down on …
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. The speech was likely “a reflection of Tehran’s frustration with China’s hesitancies about deepening its economic ties with Iran,” Henry Rome, senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told CNN. In a joint …
TEHRAN, Iran — As much of the world sees vaccination slowing and infections soaring with the spread of omicron, Iran has found a rare, if fleeting, respite from the anxiety and trauma of the pandemic. “A large number of people already have contracted the virus and huge vaccination has taken place in recent months,” health official Moayed Alavian said in …
