even on today's, if confirmed dead hossein amir—abdollahian is also in irg c member. 50 hossein amir-abdollahianin irg c member. so many questions but we're out of — irg c member. so many questions but we're out of time. _ irg c member. so many questions but we're out of time. thank _ irg c member. so many questions but we're out of time. thank you - irg c member. so many questions but we're out of time. thank you very - we're out of time. thank you very much indeed. iranian analyst abbas faizjoined me earlier on the channel. he gave me his thoughts and reflections on the events of the day so far. i think the scenario that they would probably eat by the occupants of the helicopter alive may have become somewhat unlikely. the next is probably they know based on best practice of the government of the islamic republic, they probably know what has happened. again, we have two possibilities with first is that if for example ebrahim raisi is still alive but injured. in that case i think they would announce the news straightaway and very quickly. if there is other news that he is not alive, but best pr

office and he conducted his affairs. >> new once i think is very important, i think that hossein amir-abdollahian was a much, much more of a hard liner and within the spheres of the hardliners in iran that for instance, java, the reef was czar, the repossessed also quite close to the supreme leader but as far as the apparatus of the revolutionary guard, the military forces and also a lot of the hard-line clergy is concerned i would say that hossein amir-abdollahian was definitely much more ingrained into all of that. and if you look at some of the foreign policies that he conducted does this was quite interesting to see when ebrahim raisi was elected president, said we had actually spoken to hossein amir-abdollahian just shortly before that. and all the things he had told us team, the foreign policies on iran. so there is a very hard line towards obviously the united states, but at the same time of course, they did have those efforts to try and revive the iran nuclear agreement with soap so far i've not really born any fruit and are sort of on standstill right now. but they certainly did attempt

in tehran, a ceremony to honor the martyred diplomat hossein amir abdollahian will be held at 9:00 ammashakh square of the ministry of foreign affairs. according to the announcement of the islamic propaganda coordination council of tehran province, the body of this noble martyr was found at 11:00 am three ways of varamin towards the sacred shrine of hazrat abdul aziz. hosni will be buried in that holy place. in tabriz, the funeral ceremony of the holy body of martyr al hashem will be held from 9:30 am from shahada square to saat square in tabriz. the body of martyr ayatollah mohammad aleihashim will be buried in wadi rehmat tabriz after the burial. where are you in the forest in the mountains? say we are searching in the pit , we had a world of pain and heartache , you are talking to your photos, you haven't rested in a lifetime, but you are tired now. do you do it , we always wake you up at night with imam rauf, both heavenly and royal and servant ma reza, you were also sayyid mahmran. you are that man who had no claims but was like a mountain in practice. this is the line of people'

ambassadors. who recorded their message in the memorial book of these martyrs , they called hossein amir abdollahian a man of the field of diplomacy in defense of the cause of palestine. it is interesting that it was friday and they were present at work. they were really martyrs and activists on friday when they called . their embassies can be done easily, is there no problem with their presence, and it was very interesting to me that iranians from inside iran are thinking about iranians abroad, in addition to the ambassadors and senior diplomats of different countries residing in england, the officials of the ambassadors in other european countries. by attending the embassy of the islamic republic of iran in these countries while paying respects. the martyred president and the delegation together with the government of the nation of iran expressed their sympathy and empathy . it was not true without us. you have become a guest of reza. congratulations o servant of astan quds, razviz. or itha al-nafs al-matsinah. return to the lord, my pleasure. some people liked to talk for hours about the martyr o

returning from a visit to azerbaijan where he had been accompanied by his foreign minister, hossein amir—abdollahianthe helicopter had been one of three flying together — this is the helicopter taking off to return to iran. the other two reached their destination safely, but iran's interior minister said on sunday that the president's aircraft had experience a hard landing and communication had been lost. several countries have offered to help in the search, which was been hampered by bad weather — as you can see from these pictures issued by the azerbaijan red crescent society. overnight, turkey launched a drone to search for the missing helicopter. this map tracks its progress — you can see where it concentrated its search. in the early hours of the morning, turkey said it had identified a source of heat, which it suspected to be the wreckage of a helicopter carrying iran's president raisi. it said it had shared the coordinates with the iranian teams. let's speak to patricia degennaro, professor of international security at new york university. welcome to the programme. thank you for being with us

president ebrahim raisi on the left, and the country's foreign minister, hossein amir—abdollahian on right. they'd both been on a trip to iran's border with azerbaijan, inaugurating a new dam project shown here. this is the image of president raisi on the ground at the site of the dam before he boarded the helicopter. a convoy of three helicopters were believed to have then travelled across iranian territory. two returned safely, but the one carrying the president and foreign minister dissappeared after what authorities described as a �*hard landing' in mountainous territory under heavy fog. there has been no contact with the aircraft since. and one line of breaking news for you — iranian state tv are reporting that a turkish drone has identified a source of heat suspected to be the wreckage and turkey has shared the coordinates with iran. the bbc�*s caroline hawley has more on what we know so far. you can see how bad conditions were in the area, as the rescue operation was under way. a fleet of ambulances on standby. the army is reported to have ordered all resources needed to be th

president ebrahim raisi on the left, and the country's foreign minister, hossein amir—abdollahian onelicopter. these are the latest pictures from a turkish surveillance drone which has identified a source of heat suspected to be the wreckage. turkey has shared the co—ordinates with iran. and this is footage from russia showing a rescue helicopter being loaded onto a plane, which is headed to the mountainous terrain as bad weather is hampering the search. borzou daragahi is a senior fellow at the atlantic council and an iranian journalist. he explains who ebraham raisi is and how he came to power.

following the martyrdom of hossein amir abdollahian, minister of foreign affairs, with the approval of the government delegation of ali bagheri keni, acting minister. the government and people of turkey and iran expressed their sympathy to the supreme leader of the iranian nation following the martyrdom of the president of the islamic republic of iran and his companions. a moment-by-moment reflection of the helicopter accident from time to time. the occurrence until the moment of announcing the martyrdom of our country's president, minister of foreign affairs and the accompanying delegation in turkish video and written media. during the search and rescue operation , the turkish authorities expressed their sympathy and readiness to cooperate with the rescue teams. after announcing the martyrdom of the president, the minister of foreign affairs and the accompanying delegation of turkish officials, including the president, the foreign minister, the speaker of the parliament, the former prime minister. the leaders of the political parties have been following the news since the first hour o

hossein amir abdollahian, dr. amir abdollahian as the minister of foreign affairs of iran, he is actually the architect of iran's foreign policy . they used to travel from this capital to that capital and their relationships establishing fruitful relations with other countries, including most of the arab countries, turkey, the islamic world, in my opinion, mr. hossein amir abdullahian, their absence will be a great loss for the diplomacy of the region and the islamic world, as well as iran. thank you, and as a final question. iran has gone through much more difficult times than this, after the death of imam khomeini, iran was able to overcome those problems and ayatollah khamenei came immediately. and taking over the leadership of iran. therefore, it is not like we can say that iran will lose its business model with the loss of these officials. maybe facing problems be it temporarily. for example, to find a replacement for mr. raisi. right now , we are in dire regional conditions. it is a sensitive situation. but

president ebrahim raisi on the left, and the country's foreign minister, hossein amir—abdollahian ong a new dam project shown here. this is the image of president raisi on the ground at the site of the dam before he boarded the helicopter. a convoy of three helicopters were believed to have then travelled across iranian territory. two returned safely, but the one carrying the president and foreign minister dissappeared after what authorities described as a �*hard landing' in mountainous territory under heavy fog. there has been no contact with the aircraft since.

hossein amir abdollahian graduated with a bachelor's degree in diplomatic relations from the faculty of the ministry of foreign affairs, a master's degree in international relations from the faculty of law and political sciences of the university of tehran, and a doctorate in international relations from the university of tehran. the volume of exchanges of the islamic republic of iran, old bahrain. the earliest image of him left in the archives dates back to the time when he was iran's ambassador to bahrain around 86 to 89. at the beginning of his work, his specialty was arabic and african. for this reason , he became the arab and african deputy minister of foreign affairs in the 10th government. the uniqueness of his specialty in this specialized field made him continue to be in charge with the change of government the role of the deputy minister of foreign affairs in the arab region. and be african. first of all, the people who have not been identified until now, only with the start of the growth of isis in the region , the work of amir abdullahian became heavier than in the past a

hossein amir abdollahian, attended the burial ceremony, as well as ayatollah imam juma, the martyr of tabriz, as well as dr. malik rahmati , the martyr governor of east azerbaijan, who died in the fall. attending with the martyred president of our country be a viewer of the live broadcast of these images from the broadcast of the khabar network.

ebrahim raisi and hossein amir abdollahian, the role of a voice in stability we could clearly see the regional politics and the reflection of this unique role in the security and stability of iraq. the death of these two nobles was not only difficult for the government of the iranian nation, but also very painful for us. the islamic republic is an irreparable loss for the islamic republic of iran and for the axis of resistance. we welcome back mr. raisi in baghdad , we had arranged all the plans in the government cabinet and we hoped to meet him again in the capital of iraq. ayatollah raisi had traveled to iraq twice before. the first time was as the guardianship of the holy shrine of imam reza, peace be upon him, and the second time was as the head of the judiciary, during which he had several intensive meetings with various iraqi groups . with the families of basij martyrs who were among the closest people to martyr hajj qassem soleimani and abu mahdi al-muhandis. mr. raisi was supposed to travel to baghdad on the 9th of khordad when this tragic incident happened. following this inc

seyed ebrahim raisi and hossein amir abdollahian played a significant role in the political stabilityf the region and reflected this unique role in the security and stability of the country of iraq. we could see clearly. the death of these two nobles was difficult not only for the government of the iranian nation, it is also very painful for us. this tragic incident was very heavy for us. we hoped to meet mr. raeesi again in baghdad and exchange ideas with him and the accompanying delegation on the issue of expanding security in the region. i offer my heartfelt condolences to the people of iran for this incident. sincerely, we offer our condolences to the supreme leader of takhre, it is hard for us to believe. the martyrdom of mr. raisi is irreparable, but i am confident that the leaders of the islamic republic of iran will continue the path of this martyr in the best possible way. iranians should know that their calamity is our calamity and their grief is grief yogurt. we are two united nations that should be together in difficulties. iranians did not forget us and we will never forg

hossein amir abdollahian, our martyred foreign minister .se are some short stories from the supporters of a diplomat who was in the field, and it starts with the last meeting, the last meeting, the last moments, as always, when they are leaving, they say that they are going, god willing, that this dam that is actually working there will bring blessings. may it benefit the families who are there people, and since i got married to my wife , in fact, she tried, she is both my boss and the manager of the house, and she plays a very important role in my life . i also suffered because of the people, because of dear iran, because of the people who are working hard in the area of ​​resistance. i didn't do anything special. the family whose criteria for accompanying the father of the family in the missions is high. i remember that the trip we came with you to the region after the 15th of october, i took the damascus airport on the route from lebanon. we went to damascus, it was a risky trip. i was wondering if mr. amir abdullahian brought his family

number of ambassadors who recorded their message in the memorial book of these martyrs called hossein amir abdollahian a man in the field of diplomacy in defense of the palestinian cause. in the domestic arena, he also emphasized the emphasis of his colleagues. he served his compatriots well . the week before his martyrdom, he called me and it was interesting that it was friday and he was at work. indeed, he was a mujahid martyr and active on friday. in the embassy, ​​their work is done easily. or a problem it is not for their presence, and it was very interesting to me that even from inside iran, there are iranians outside the country. in addition to the ambassadors and senior diplomats of various countries residing in england, the officials of the ambassadors present in other european countries also attended the embassy of the islamic republic of iran in these countries while paying respect to the martyred president and the accompanying delegation, expressing sympathy and empathy with the government of the iranian nation. they did mojtaba ghasemzadeh, radio and television news agency, london. in the

hossein amir abdollahian graduated with a bachelor's degree in diplomatic relations from the faculty of the ministry of foreign affairs, a master's degree in international relations from the faculty of law and political sciences of the university of tehran, and a doctorate in international relations from the university of tehran. the volume of exchanges of the islamic republic. the picture of him left in the archives dates back to the time when he was iran's ambassador to bahrain from 1986 to 1989. at the beginning of his career, his specialty was the arab and african field , that's why he became the arab and african deputy minister of foreign affairs in the 10th government. the uniqueness of its characteristic in this specialized field caused it to continue with the change of government he holds the role of deputy minister of foreign affairs. be in the arabic and african fields. first, from the people who have not been identified until now, only with the beginning of the growth of isis in the area, the work of amir abdullahian is heavier than in the past and the connection and posit

mourning canceling most public events also deeply mourning the country's foreign minister hossein amir abdollahian, who was instrumental in the past months as iran and israel came to the brink of full-on war and traded missile strikes abdollahian also challenging the us in a recent interview on cnn's outfront with erin burnett, brynn has that i'm on recovery. i do think that america must pay closer attention and focus on the adventure seeking regime in israel. so the such a crisis will not happen in gaza because netanyahu showed he will not respect any the red lines ron has launched an investigation into the crash that killed two key figures of the islamic republic's leadership. >> while vowing that the nation will carry on i was our fred pleitgen reporting outfront now, karim sajed, poor senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace and cream. when i spoke to the foreign minister, almost exactly a month ago in that exclusive interview, he called the iranian attack inside israel, a quote, clear message to the zionist regime. and then he went on to say this in case that the israel

a helicopter carrying iran's president ebrahim rai5i and iranian foreign minister hossein amir—abdollahian the helicopter — one of three travelling in a convoy — made a "hard landing" after it got into difficulties in heavy fog and poor weather conditions. interior minister ahmad vahidi 5aid re5cuers were still trying to reach the site due to those difficult weather conditions. an unnamed iranian official has told the reuters news agency, the lives of the president rai5i and iran's foreign minister are at risk. meanwhile, iranian5 have been urged to pray for the health of their leaders. they've been gathering in droves in the president's home city — following pleas from state media. iran's supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei has a55ured the country that there will be no disruption to state affairs. more now on our breaking story — a major search operation is taking place in the mountains of north—west iran, where a helicopter reportedly carrying president ebrahim rai5i and foreign minister hossein amir—abdollahian has gone missing. iranian analy5t abbas faiz gave me his thoughts and reflect

hossein amir abdollahian was among the long-term services and good deeds of his service were lasting service and support of the resistance and this is a matter that has a consensus both in iran and in the entire region among all the leaders of the initial messages. the one that has started to be published accurately indicates this is the problem , i say this without any pretense, if we want to name a few people on the first page of the diplomats of the islamic republic of iran after the victory of the islamic revolution of iran, who are the leaders of the movement of resistance and supporting the resistance and planning to support the resistance. and the long-term effort of mujahideen to support the line and way of resistance in the region in palestine and in other countries of the region , without any doubt, mr. amir abdullahian is on the front page of these personalities, along with a small number of other personalities and people who together with them and the same trench with them on this path having traveled a long way in the past few decades and after the incident of al-aqsa st

in additional to their president, another passenger was the foreign minister hossein amir—abdollahianwithin the establishment of the islamic republic, foreign ministers are not the main players in terms of implementing foreign policy, policy making. they are actually implementing the policies of the system. so when it comes to iran's neighbouring countries, especially within the arab world or israel, it is the goods force which is a main player, although behind the curtains and the foreign minister is a person who executes the policies that the regime has decided to follow. and it is the same with the president. he is the same with the president. he is a figurehead but you have the leader who is their main arbiter when it comes to policy, plus irjc, so their policies of the regime, we are expecting the habits wouldn't change of we are not expecting to see suffering very traumatic it very depends on how this crash will be reported and there will be an investigation into this, whether it is foul play or a technical issue. we will see some finger pointing toward certain elements in the r

the minister of foreign affairs also died in the plane crash of iran's affairs, hossein amir abdollahianhis death somehow affect the relations between the countries? well, yes, very seriously, no. in general, this is a very tough person, that is , a tough negotiator, a person who is determined, very conservative, and who was very close to... the famous brigadier general qassam suleimani, excuse me, and who largely shared his views, and in he had scandals while working at the ministry of foreign affairs with a former minister, and he actually left the ministry of foreign affairs, thank you, but in this situation, it is unlikely that anything can change, it will the new minister is about the same year, thank you. igor, director of the center for middle eastern studies, igor simovolos, you were in touch with us. thank you. you can also read about what the death of the president means for iran and whether it will affect its support for russia in the war with ukraine on our website bbc.ua and in the article about the death of the president of iran raisi. who is running the country, will it af

president ebrahim raisi on the left, and the country's foreign minister, hossein amir—abdollahian on right. russia and turkey have joined the search for the helicopter. these are the latest pictures from a turkish surveillance drone which has identified a source of heat suspected to be the wreckage. turkey has shared the co—ordinates with iran. and this is footage from russia showing a rescue helicopter being loaded onto a plane, which is headed to the mountainous terrain as bad weather is hampering the search. borzou daragahi is a senior fellow at the atlantic council and an iranian journalist. he explains who ebraham raisi is and how he came to power. raisi was a mid— ranking cleric who is in the inner circle of the supreme leader and one of his close allies and, you know, he became president after all of the reformist and moderate candidates were pretty much disqualified in an election that was considered illegitimate and many voters stayed away from. —— in an election that was considered engineered and many voters stayed away from. for more on this, i spooke to our persian corres

returning from a visit to azerbaijan where he had been accompanied by his foreign minister, hossein amir—abdollahian

a helicopter carrying iran's president ebrahim raisi and iranian foreign minister hossein amir—abdollahianing in a convoy — made a "hard landing" after it got into difficulties in heavy fog. interior minister ahmad vahidi said rescuers were still trying to reach the site due to the difficult weather conditions. an unnamed iranian official has told the reuters news agency, the lives of the president raisi and iran's foreign minister are at risk. meanwhile, iranians have been urged to pray for the health of their leaders. they've been gathering in droves in the president's home city — following pleas from state media. hello and welcome to sportsday with me olly foster. it's a fantastic four in a row for manchester city, champions of england once again. arsenal went down fighting to the very end, getting the win they needed but eventually falling two points short. the klopp era is over at liverpool — it's an emotional end

he was travelling back from azerbaijan with the iranian foreign minister hossein amir—abdollahian, whench in a mountainous area in north western iran near tabriz was hampered by the bad weather. there were seven others on board. what does it all mean? everybody has been making the point that the hard line is the conservative hard line is, we will fill the gap, but there is a certain amount of celebration that we have seen on social media. so is there a security vacuum at the moment and how concerned will they be? there is no security vacuum _ how concerned will they be? there is no security vacuum and _ how concerned will they be? there is no security vacuum and there - how concerned will they be? there is no security vacuum and there is - no security vacuum and there is certainly no political vacuum. first of all, the conservatives, the hardliners, the cultural conservatives he could say in iran, they now control all of the main levers of power, all of the elected and unelected bodies in iran and this process began to be solidified in the elections in 2021 which broadly, raisi to power

iran has declared five days of mourning after president ebrahim raisi and foreign minister hossein amir-abdollahian died sunday in a helicopter crash near the border with azerbaijan. the crash occurred amid heavy fog in a mountainous area. it took rescue workers more than 16 hours to reach the crash site. raisi had led iran since 2021 and was widely seen as a possible successor to iran's supreme leader ali khamenei, who is 85 years old. iran will hold presidential elections in 50 days. vice president mohammad mokhber has taken over as interim president. we'll have more on iran after headlines. the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has announced he is seeking arrest warrants for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, israeli defense minister yoav gallant, and three leaders of hamas. in an interview today with cnn's christiane amanpour, prosecutor karim khan detailed the charges against netanyahu. >> we applied for warrants. the judges must determine whether or not to issue them but we have applied today and will apply for once for the prime minister netanyahu and also ministry

. >> iran's foreign minister hossein amir-abdollahian, university of san francisco professor stephenned this very fundamentalist, hard core view of shia islam with a very, very strong, nationalist sense about iran that he thought it was better for iran to go alone, even if it meant suffering international sanctions. >> the most powerful centers of the power in iran rest with the supreme leader and revolutionary guard. so not much will be, should be anticipated to change. >> funeral services are set to begin on tuesday, and a new election has been scheduled for june 28th. in the newsroom jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. >> the international criminal court is seeking to arrest israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and three senior hamas leaders. it wants to charge them with war crimes and crimes against humanity during the seven month war in gaza. >> israel, like all states, has the right to defend its population. it has every right to ensure the return of hostages that have been criminally and callously taken. those rights, however, do not absolve israel of its obligations to co

of arrogance to go around the world will cut it down after raisi, iran's foreign minister hossein amir abdollahian and several others were killed in a chopper crash in northern iran on sunday tat ron says a new president will be elected in late june this week has been one of mourning culminating in the funeral prayers for raisi inside the imam reza shrine oh the body of ebrahim raisi was brought to its final resting place. iran is looking ahead whether it be us is toughest adversaries soon to decide its political future and friday, incredible that you were able to actually experience all of that. and i know you have some new information tonight about the crash itself, the helicopter crash. what are you learning? >> yeah, we certainly do it as a preliminary report now, from the investigative committee that is of course, looking into that crash. of course, as you know, and we've been reporting air and there had been some questions about whether or not this was really an accident, possibly due to bad weather, or whether or not there might be fouled play involved in all of it. well, the first prelimin

of arrogance to go around the world will cut it down after raisi, ron's foreign minister hossein amir abdollahiannd several others were killed in a chopper crash in northern iran on sunday tack, ron says a new president will be elected in late june. >> is that this? >> suite has been one of mourning, culminating in the funeral pairs for raisi inside the imam reza shrine oh, he has the body of ebrahim raisi was brought to its final resting place iran is looking ahead when a bus is toughest, adversaries soon to decide its political future i think we're having trouble with fred's audio there in iran live for us, obviously, i've read like in tehran. thanks so much. a bill is now headed to the governor's desk and louisiana at aims to classify abortion drugs, as controlled dangerous substances. this is a first in the nation move will talk about the law and the impact next five good things. listen wherever you get your podcasts water would help with this dry spots. that's long disease, but scott, healthy plus will cure lung disease going around. >> so like other people have it and it's not pick up a bag

iran's foreign minister hossein amir-abdollahian. san francisco state professor stephen zunes met him during a 2019 visit to iran, had combined this very fundamentalist, hardcore view of shia islam with a very, very strong, nationalist sense about iran that he thought it was better for iran to go alone, even if it meant suffering international sanctions. some opponents of the regime are relieved by the death of those two hardliners. a new election has been scheduled for june 28th, but scholars say the u.s. will likely see little change in iran u.s. relations the most powerful centers of the power in iran, rest with the supreme leader and revolutionary guard, so not much will be, should be anticipated to change. and of course, iran plays a big role in the middle east with hamas and hezbollah. but professor monshipour says it is quite likely that the next president will continue on iran's current policies and path. but certainly in this kind of situation, it's hard to know what is going to happen. so really, the next 50 days are going

iran's foreign minister, hossein amir-abdollahian, university of san francisco professor stephen zunesuring a visit to iran. >> had combined this very fundamentalist, hardcore view of shia islam with a very, very strong, nationalist sense about iran that he thought it was better for iran to go alone, even if it meant suffering international sanctions as the most powerful centers of the power in iran. >> rest with the supreme leader and revolutionary guard. so not much will be, should be anticipated to change. >> a group of expats for the iranian opposition planned to gather at emeryville's marina park at 6 p.m. tonight. they say they plan to bring flags and share sweets, rallying in support of human rights and freedom for the iranian people. julie. >> so, janet, at this point, what's next? what's the next step for iran? >> well, the interim president has scheduled funeral services that are set to begin tomorrow in iran, and a new election has now been scheduled for june 28th. so we'll have to see what happens with that. >> all right, jana, thank you. firefighters in san jose are invest

state under his control racy serves him as those of foreign minister results on the plane hossein amir-abdollahian what i think is really significant here is that first you have a very unpopular government. >> the last i heard from a western investor in iran is maybe 10% of the population supports the government, but with how many, 85 and reportedly ailing raisi was thought as a potential person who power would go to. so he was not powerful but could inherit power if he's not able to inherit power, you could see some shifts within the iranian power structure. you could see people tried to move to seize power. i think you agree with juliet. you don't want to make it seem like this was a us plot, but i think you also from the us government perspective, have to be aware that this may be a week, two weeks a month? we're things are starting to shift and their opportunities for things to capitalize on changes in iran. that'll lead to greater security in iranian in the region and juliet, you touched on this, the running government. >> i mean now for trying to control the messaging john, i hear you loud a

of course, not just the present breaking very raisi, but also the foreign minister, hossein amir abdollahiano of course you interviewed very recently and was a fascinating interview he's also on that billboard as well. so you can see here that those who were in power really want to make the mourning process very public and want as many people as possible to take part in that. and so you have these gigantic take morning processions that we've seen in a couple of cities already and that we are going to see in a couple of hours here in tech ron as well. but for many of the folks that you speak to hear aaron, of course, they are in that mourning process, but they also of course, want to know what what comes next and what the leadership here of this country has been trying to project is stability. they say that there's no, not going to be a break in the government. they said everything is going to function as normal and they've already called for those elections. and with that, a lot of people are asking are things going to remain the same as iran going to continue job that hardline, conservative

decision maker, but we also have to keep in mind that the foreign minister of the country, hossein amir-abdollahian was also killed on that crash and he was absolutely instrumental to forming around foreign policy very often, of course, at odds and against the united states, but definitely something someone who had the reins of iran's foreign ministry. and of course, also someone who was very important in the past couple of weeks, as we almost got to that war between israel and iran, which of course could have been catastrophic for that region. so you not only have the head of government of iran being killed, but also pretty much the architect of the current foreign policy of iran as well. but wake of that, the iranians, of course right now trying to project that stability while at the same time, i know from on-the-ground that of course, the whole country has put into a morning mode. now you have black flags popping up pretty much everywhere in one of the most important places it's actually in a place called mosab in the east of iran, which is of course one of those spiritual centers, but also is e

, first and foremost, the iranian president ebrahim raisi, but also the foreign minister hossein amir abdollahian and ebrahim raisi himself will be laid to rest tomorrow in his hometown of mug shot, john i know there are clear concerns about stability and continuity there. frederik pleitgen in tehran for us this morning for a great to see you. thank you very much a new era of cnn news central starts right now donald trump's classified documents, case back before the judge and florida today and new evidence in that case. >> being released. >> devastation as far as the eye can see, communities and iowa left in just shreds after at least 17 tornadoes touched down. >> look at that path of destruction and a guilty plea for one of five americans facing prison for bringing ammunition into turks and caicos another american charged will be joining us from turks and caicos what's this hour i'm kate bolduan with john berman, sara is out this is seen a new central this morning major developments in new evidence that we have not seen in donald trump's closet. five documents, case we're standin

ebrahim l raisi in the morning along with his foreign minister hossein amir—abdollahian travelled to region and is on the river which divides iran from azerbaijan republic. after meeting with ill have ali f, he took the flight and wanted to travel to tabriz in order to inaugurate a petrochemical company —— ilham aliyev. however, there were three helicopters flying to that region. along the way, the iranian president's helicopter apparently crashed, iranian media have been seriously avoiding calling it a crash or accident, calling it a hard landing. however, if it was a hard landing, it shows that it means that there should be a kind of communication, there should be an alive pilot so that the passengers, the important passengers on the plane, the iranian president and foreign minister, also a young iranian governor and the imam of the city of tab is —— tabriz. all of them should have been able to communicate if they were alive. we at bbc persian talk to a pilot who told us thatjust like aeroplanes, that they have a black box. these helicopters also have a gps system in place, those g

of national mourning after the country's president, ebrahim raisi, and foreign minister hossein amir—abdollahianeturning to iran after opening a dam on the azerbaijan border when the helicopter crashed in heavy fog. despite the supposed period of national mourning, some iranians have instead celebrated the death of the president, who earned a reputation as the hardline cleric that oversaw a brutal crackdown, especially on women. his death comes at an already turbulent time in the middle east. as we all know, iran last month launched a barrage of missiles towards israel. the president's unexpected death has raised questions about more instability in the middle east. and is it a step towards world war iii? what does that mean for us here on the streets of britain? i'm joined now by british iranian journalist and documentary filmmaker sahar sahar. journalist and documentary filmmaker sahar sahar . thank you filmmaker sahar sahar. thank you very much. look, i just want to start by localising. this a bit for people here in britain, okay? we know that iran has bad actors here. what will this mean for

it's a huge jolt to thej supporters of president raisi and his top diplomat, hossein amir—abdollahianestablishment will do everything possible to achieve their main priority, to ensure continuity, ensure the continuing stability of the islamic republic of iran, at a time when iranians have been reeling under deepening financial hardships and as well in recent years unprecedented protests spearheaded by young women. they have been lashing out against restrictions on the rules governing their lives and freedoms. ., ~ the rules governing their lives and freedoms. ., ,, , ., . ., , freedoms. thank you so much, least for 'oininr freedoms. thank you so much, least forjoining us. _ freedoms. thank you so much, least forjoining us, lyse. _ a senior us official has urged the israeli prime minister to explain what he expects to happen to gaza after the current war has ended. jake sullivan, the us national security adviser, met benjamin netanyahu injerusalem and urged him to connect israel's military operations to a political strategy to defeat hamas, release all hostages and ensure a better fut