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Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber meets with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, on the sidelines of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member States in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 25, 2023. Iran’s supreme leader appointed Mokhber as the country’s acting president on Monday, May 20, 2024, after a helicopter crash killed President Ebrahim Raisi. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Who is Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, appointed acting president after crash?

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this Aug. 29, 2023, file photo, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi places his hands on his heart as a gesture of respect as he leaves after the conclusion of a news conference in Tehran, Iran. President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash Monday, May 20, 2024, after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country's northwest, state media reported. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iranian President Raisi, the ‘Butcher of Tehran,’ found dead at helicopter crash site

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

An Ukrainian serviceman of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, lights candles during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Putin aims to reverse Cold War failure and is targeting Ukrainian Christians to stamp out dissent

By Lisa Gable - Special to Higher Ground

People pray for President Ebrahim Raisi in a ceremony at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian president, foreign minister killed in helicopter crash

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue teams' vehicles are seen near the site of the incident of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. (Azin Haghighi, Moj News Agency via AP)

Iranian rescuers arrive at helicopter crash site after hourslong search

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

An Iranian woman prays for President Ebrahim Raisi in a ceremony at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and others could reverberate across the Middle East

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

People hold up posters of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a mourning ceremony for him at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 20, 2024. President Raisi and the country's foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, leaving the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian president’s sudden death sets stage for political power struggle in Tehran

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue teams members carry the body of a victim after a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed in Varzaghan, northwestern Iran, Monday, May 20, 2024. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after an hours-long search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest, state media reported. (Azin Haghighi, Moj News Agency via AP)

What we know so far about the helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and others

By Abby Sewell - Associated Press

FILE - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks during a meeting with foreign ambassadors and envoys to Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2024. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Amirabdollahian and others were found dead at the site of a helicopter crash site, state media reported Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran’s hard-line foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian killed in helicopter crash

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue teams' vehicles are seen near the site of the incident of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. (Azin Haghighi, Moj News Agency via AP)

‘No sign of life’: Rescuers locate crash site of helicopter carrying Iranian president

Associated Press

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi places his hands on his heart as a gesture of respect to the crowd during the funeral ceremony of the victims of Wednesday's bomb explosion in the city of Kerman about 510 miles (820 kms) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Jan. 5, 2024. A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, May 19, 2024, Iranian state television reported, without immediately elaborating. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Helicopter carrying Iran’s hard-line president apparently crashes in foggy, mountainous region

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue teams' vehicles are seen near the site of the incident of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. (Azin Haghighi/Moj News Agency via AP)

Rescuers search for helicopter that went down with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi aboard

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

An Israeli soldier knees next to the national flag during the celebrations of the Israel's annual Memorial Day for the fallen soldiers at the site where revelers were killed and kidnapped on Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas militants at the Nova music festival near the kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, Monday, May 13, 2024. Israel marks the annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of nationalistic attacks. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Biden’s hollow repetition of ‘don’t’ to Iran emboldens terrorist agenda, threatens the world

By Jonathan Feldstein – Special to Higher Ground

An Iranian man votes for the parliamentary runoff elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 10, 2024. Iranians voted Friday in a runoff election for the remaining seats in the country's parliament after hard-line politicians dominated March balloting. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A parliamentary election runoff puts hard-liners firmly in charge of Iran’s parliament

Associated Press

Members of U.S. Special Operations Command Korea and South Korea's Army Special Warfare Command take part in a joint maritime infiltration training as part of the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise, at a shore in Yangyang, northern South Korea, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (Kim Hong-ji/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. warfare takes shape like nothing ever before; special units train for varied fronts

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, Director General Rafael Grossi speaks during his joint press conference with the head of Iran's atomic energy department Mohammad Eslami after their meeting in the central city of Isfahan, Iran, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency are still discussing how to implement a 2023 deal on inspections

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi waits to meet Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shakes hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Thursday, March 14, 2024. The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran next week as Tehran's nuclear program enriches uranium a step away from weapons-grade levels and international oversight of the program remains limited, officials said Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)

The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief travels to Iran as its monitoring remains hampered

By Jon Gambrell - The Washington Times

U.S. support of Israel, Iran deterrence and national security illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Iran-Israel clashes show tricky dynamics of deterrence

By Daniel N. Hoffman

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi waits to meet Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shakes hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Thursday, March 14, 2024. The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran next week as Tehran's nuclear program enriches uranium a step away from weapons-grade levels and international oversight of the program remains limited, officials said Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)

U.N.’s nuclear watchdog chief will visit Iran next week as concerns rise about uranium enrichment

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Israel missiles targeting Iran illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Iran can be deterred, but not for long

By Jed Babbin