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Iran’s Supreme Leader confirms VP as interim president after death of President Raisi
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei confirmed First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as interim head of the country’s executive branch following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials were confirmed dead on Monday after the helicopter they were in crashed into a mountainous region in northwest Iran, according to state TV.
The officials were traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province when the helicopter made what was described as a «hard landing» by Iranian media. The governor of the East Azerbaijan province and other officials and bodyguards were also aboard, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
IRAN’S PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER, OTHER OFFICIALS CONFIRMED DEAD IN HELICOPTER CRASH
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as interim president on Monday, hours after President Ebrahim Raisi was confirmed dead in a helicopter crash. (Getty Images)
Mokhber «will manage the executive branch and is obliged to arrange with the heads of the legislative and judicial branches to elect a new president within a maximum of 50 days,» according to the supreme leader.
Khamenei, who has the last say in all matters of state, also announced five days of public mourning following Raisi’s unexpected death.
«I announce five days of public mourning and offer my condolences to the dear people of Iran,» he said in a statement published by IRNA.
IRANIAN PRESIDENT EXPERIENCES ‘HARD LANDING’ IN HELICOPTER: IRANIAN MEDIA
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) and Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi (R) attend a bilateral agreement signing in Havana, Cuba, at the Revolution Palace on June 15, 2023. (YAMIL LAGE / AFP)
Iran now has a maximum of 50 days to hold a presidential election to select Raisi’s successor.
Article 131 of Iran’s constitution states that a council of the first vice president, the speaker of parliament and the head of the judiciary must prepare for the election of a new president.
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Mokhber became first vice president in 2021 when Raisi was elected president.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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‘UN80 Initiative’ appears to show world body’s panic over possible DOGE-like cuts
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the «UN80 Initiative» on Wednesday as a project in honor of the international body’s 80th anniversary. On paper, the initiative aims to improve efficiency, review the implementation of mandates and restructure the system. However, several U.N. critics claim that this is the international body’s way of bracing for potential U.S. spending cuts.
«This goes far beyond the technical. Budgets at the United Nations are not just numbers on a balance sheet — they are a matter of life and death for millions around the world,» Secretary-General Guterres told reporters on Wednesday.
He denied that the UN80 Initiative is a «version of DOGE» and said it was not a response to possible U.S. cuts.
Head of the organization DOGE-UN Hugh Dugan dismissed the UN80 Initiative as an «effort to send a great big Hallmark greeting card to the world.»
«He’s had 8 to 10 years of opportunity to start what he’s calling for now, and there is not enough time in his remaining 18 months or 19 months in office that could provide any reason to think that his team is going to pivot and set the world on fire in ways that would be a footrace with whatever Elon Musk is doing,» Dugan told Fox News Digital.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the «UN80 Initiative» on Wednesday as a project in honor of the international body’s 80th anniversary. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
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When pressed by Fox News Digital during the midday briefing if UN80 was meant as a response to U.S. cuts and if the secretary-general was worried about Elon Musk, the Secretary-General spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric referred to the comments the secretary-general made earlier in the day.
Anne Bayefsky, Director, Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and President, Human Rights Voices, responded to the secretary-general’s comments. She slammed the U.N. as a «bloated, corrupt and profoundly anti-American and anti-Jewish institution.»
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to address the U.N.’s financial situation next month in a virtual town hall. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
UN CHIEF SOUNDS THE ALARM AMID FEARS OVER POSSIBLE DOGE-INSPIRED CUTS AFTER TRUMP’S ORDER
«Every time a U.S. government begins to try to hold it to account or use the power of the purse to change this nonsensical equation, the U.N. trots out a ‘reform’ fake out and America rolls over. President Trump and DOGE can change this perverse state of affairs,» Bayefsky told Fox News Digital.
«Obviously, Guterres is running scared and deeply concerned that his total nonsense about being engaged in ‘an ambitious reform agenda’ will be called out,» she added.
Internal U.N. documents on its «liquidity crisis» recently obtained by Fox News Digital appeared to show that the intuition was bracing itself for possible DOGE-related spending cuts. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Internal U.N. documents on its «liquidity crisis» recently obtained by Fox News Digital appeared to show that the intuition was bracing itself for possible DOGE-related spending cuts.
Despite the U.N. memo stating that cutting back to 80% of allocated funds would potentially harm entities, insiders told Dugan that they do not see any «real cuts» in it.
Guterres is expected to address the U.N.’s financial situation next month in a virtual town hall. While there was no topic specified in the invitation for the town hall, Dujarric confirmed that finances would be discussed.
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