The Latest Breaking News from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The Khamenei loyalist - who has been sanctioned by the EU for alleged involvement in ‘missile activities’ - has taken over after Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protégé of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died. He was 63.

Raisi – a hardline and religiously conservative politician – had deep connections in the judiciary and religious elite.

Foreign minister Israel Katz says move by chief prosecutor is tantamount to an attack on the victims of 7 October

Learn about Iran's presidential succession process and the role of the Supreme Leader in shaping the country's leadership dynamics.

The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials is likely to reverberate across the Middle East

Iran faces western opposition over its nuclear programme, a dire economy and tense relations with other Middle Eastern states

The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran’s president and foreign minister has sent shock waves around the region

Conservatives swept first round of parliamentary and religious assembly elections in March.