Ebrahim Raisi, the hardline Iranian president, who has been killed in a helicopter crash aged 63, was a former judge whose blatantly rigged election in 2021 was a rout for the reformist camp represented by the outgoing president Hassan Rouhani,

Raisi has been seen as a possible successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, the highest political and religious position in the Islamic republic.

Iran’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi has long been seen as a protégé to Iran’s supreme leader and a potential successor for his position within the country’s Shiite theocracy

A search for a missing helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials lasted more than 12 hours before wreckage was found in the country’s northwest region,

Iran's president has died following a helicopter crash on Sunday, but who was he, and how did he come to lead the Islamic Republic?

Hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi has long been seen as protégé to Iran's supreme leader and potential successor for his position within the country's Shiite theocracy