away at the age of 63 after a helicopter crash more in the 14th of december. 1960, in my sad ron bracey was a leading prominence cleric and politician before taking the role of president. and i see held a number of key positions including chief justice of iran, and he was already well known for his steadfast, conservative, believes, and his loyalty to the ideals of these lot make revolution easy. assumed the presidency in august 2021. following the resound in when in the national election, and while in office, he prioritized fighting corruption, advanced in economic reforms and strengthening iran, international spending. the under rise, these watts iran has gone through quite an interesting geo political period. during his presidency, the long standing rivalry between 10, ron and washington continued in 2021 alone. the u. s. re establish numerous sanctions on iran, financial, and energy sectors. targeting over a 100 entities and individuals and by the administration continued to push for any force more sanctions. us sanctions has cost a run, a fortune billions in los revenue inflation,

sendoff, an informal funeral for the eight people who died in this incident, including president bracey we saw crowds of people in the streets of tabriz, the capital of the eastern azerbaijan province of iran in the north—west. and the significance being they were on their way to that city when the helicopter crash? the on their way to that city when the helicopter crash?— helicopter crash? the site of the crash is about _ helicopter crash? the site of the crash is about 100 _ helicopter crash? the site of the crash is about 100 kilometres i crash is about 100 kilometres north of the city. we have seen a big open truck today driving amongst the crowds in the city centre, carrying the conference of the president and the conference of the president and the foreign minister and others who were killed —— carrying the coffins. we saw people throwing flowers at the procession and the truck and the coffins. the ceremony has gone on for some two and a half hours, probably another hour or two to go. there is a huge crowd. what i had seen on iranian state television coverage we are talking probab

a rollins president apprehend, bracey and his foreign minister saying a man doesn't of the law he, i'm not, can phones killed and a helicopter crash and the radium problems of the east. as i find the radian size, the vice president is expected to serve as into room presidents as the country will hold new presidential elections within the next 15 days. the contrary to us senators, expressing their satisfaction over the crash leaders and the global south, extends the sole authority to around supporting the nation in a moment of grace. and c, u. k. hi cole is expected at any moment to deliver a.

billions in los revenue inflation, rates of both 40 percent and a significant wise in employment. bracey was an outspoken critic of us policies in the middle east, and he made sure it runs internal affairs, would see no american influence. and instead, stay independent despite the challenges that came with he was chosen policy. many of the sanctions and threats were used to prevent our armed forces from enjoying the necessary advanced weapons. but our armed forces decided to equip themselves with advanced armaments and to rebuild our country's defense industry. we see that not only did we achieve self sufficiency in the military sector, but we transition from a mere importer of other countries, arms to a producer and ex porter of weapons, the under rise. this presidency, iran has shown great support to the palestinian people. he consistently can dand, is riley actions in both casa and the west bank. well, yet the compartment must stop as soon as possible. a ceasefire must be established immediately. humanitarian aid to the people of guys that must be allowed as soon as possible. this gru

have a significant impact on the nation's future. born the 14th of december 1960, in my side, ron bracey, was a leading prominence clerk and politician. his career was very fruitful stretching from several decades slowly, but surely, he advanced through the ranks to become one of the republics, most influential figures. but before taking the role of president and i see held a number of key positions including chief justice of iran, and he was already well known for his steadfast, conservative believes, and his loyalty to the ideals of these law. make revolution easy. assumed the presidency in august 2021 following the resound in when in the national election. and while in office he prioritize fighting corruption, advanced in economic reforms and strengthening iran, international spending. the under rise, these watts iran has gone through quite an interesting geo political period. this amik republics relations with the united states with mold to us during his presidency. the longstanding rivalry between san rondon, washington continued in 2021 alone. the us re establish numerous sanctions

around's late president ebrahim bracey has been buried four days after he was killed in a helicopter president emmanuel macron has promised more reforms in new caledonia which led to deadly unrest. speaking the capital, is a macrons that he recognises offering many families. he said additional security forces would remain in the territory for as long as necessary. new caledonia has been under state of emergency after the worst civil disturbances in a0 years. finally, some dazzling new images of the cosmos to share with you, the european space agency says its euclid telescope send back the largest images of the universe ever sent from space. they cover last year's sent from space. they cover last yea r�*s of sent from space. they cover last year's of this guy and in unprecedented detail. euclid has a wide field of view and contrast to the farseeing james webb telescope. astronomers say the images taken by euclid a full—timejob those the images taken by euclid a full—time job those captured using ground—based telescopes. that telescope launched less than a year ago. gorgeous images the

but people are saying that they've been hanging bracey was searching a special adamant of desktop judgement who was expected to be re elected next year . and he even, according to some, was a potential next a supreme leader. so in his absence then definitely the scenario is that people are seeing that we'll see some internal disagreements and fight some of the conservative blogs in the country because that is not such as short and figure that could match. she's got the task and also she's a symbolic meaning in the, in the, in, in the establishment. so he was a powerful guy's pretty much close to the top of the stage, the top institutions in the country that administered establishment for picking establishment religious establishment. so he's also the son of sony law, off a very powerful the friday for him on off the city of mission, which is the most important religious center in iran. and she's son that his father in law as well. so very much close to close to the supreme leader behind, bracing himself also was very much close to the river. deleted with the revolution . uh, i have to lock

the official statement from the state department following the death of iranian president abraham braceyh with the country's foreign minister this weekend on the death of iranian president raising others, it expresses official condolences this is what the memo says as spokesperson math matthew miller was grilled on this yesterday. >> what is a official condolences. >> on the united states government. >> i'm not sure why your offering condolences if he was as bad as you say he was. >> we regret any loss of life you don't think you're sending contradictory messages. >> we were asked by assistance by the iranian government and we would offer assistance largely for logistical reasons we were able to provide that. >> the u.s. deputy ambassador to the un robert wood is facing backlash for staley to observe a moment of silence at the un security council to honor him. joining me strategic analyst and chairman for the study of war general jack keane. i know that the ayatollah chance debt to america. did raising chant death to america why are we offering condolences is a he against america and wan

this is an indication that the president brought him bracey has, has worked hard to, to improve relations with so to ravia and does not and, and deny it runs. uh and it may is of the, of misusing at this, this situation against it wrong. so on the president, right, you see uh the has been ups and downs and it runs relations with out of states. but generally speaking, we have seen improvements since i raised the took office 2 years ago. right. it's uh the i uh, the rainy research here with the center for strategic studies live in to ron for us many, thanks for us. for joining us. i. okay, look, we're going to take you to some live pictures. now what you're looking at, the image is coming from a turkish drone, flying over what is believe to be the crash side, of course, took a one of several countries because it volunteered to, to help the problem faced at the moment when it comes to getting all the aircraft in the air over that region is the continued bad weather, but obviously drones provide greater flexibility and ease of use in that area. just to remind you, we are covering rolling use

odds are the president obama, the of was also attending the ceremony or you're in today and present bracey on his way back jobs from that location. the inoculation opted them. he was upset to attend another in all directions. so many of a major project in the provincial capital type breeze, but that incident happened mid way. and now, so far we don't know exactly what has happened to they are wanting president and the accompanying team including foreign minister was saying, i mean, i have the law here on who was on that very same chopper that was carrying the are wanting presidential. everybody's now waiting for the search and rescue teams to try to access the crash side and tell everybody about what has happened to the one in president as well. several countries have been clipped to offer assistance to a wrong. the russian foreign ministry says it's ready to help investigate the helicopter. incident to k is sending, rescue is on the vehicles, the a dot search. the indian prime minister has expressed his solidarity and he says he's praying for the arabian officials. the e u has offered the