After the president's helicopter crash, Iran has started power transition procedures.

Iran has initiated the process of power transfer after a helicopter crash led to the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and several other local officials.

Vice-president Mohammad Mokhber has assumed the presidency of Iran for a 50-day period starting today, as per constitutional provisions that give the Supreme Leader the authority to appoint the first deputy of the Iranian president as the acting president within the legal period of 50 days. Consequently, the interim president has appointed Ali Bagheri as acting foreign minister.

Iranian sources anticipate that the date for the presidential elections will be determined after the formation of the committee mandated by the constitution, which includes the interim president, the Speaker of the Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and the head of the judiciary, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i.