Ebrahim Raisi, the President of Iran has died in a helicopter crash. Here are some key facts about Raisi.
Raisi was 63 years old and considered to be an ultraconservative cleric. Iran witnessed mass civil protests during his tenure.
He became Iran's eighth president since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Ebrahim Raisi promised that he would end efforts to build and improve trade ties with the West and focus on developing bilateral relations with China and Russia.
Raisi was born in Mashhad, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam. He was married to Jamileh Alamolhoda.
His tenure was marked by economic problems with the fall of the country's currency against the dollar.
In 2019, the United States accused Ebrahim Raisi of being involved in human rights violations and sanctioned him.
American non-profit Amnesty International also accused him of being involved in a covert outfit that lead to political dissidents in the late 1980s.