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Iranian presidential candidate and ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili casts his ballot at a polling station in Tehran on July 5, 2024. Polls opened on July 5 for Iran's runoff presidential election, the interior ministry said, pitting reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili in the race to succeed Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a May helicopter crash. (Photo by RAHEB HOMAVANDI / AFP)

Former Iran president Ebrahim Raisi on board a helicopter in the Jolfa region of the western province of East Azerbaijan. Photo by IRINN / AFP

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi perished in a helicopter crash on Sunday.

In this photo provided by Islamic Republic News Agency IRNA on May 19, 2024, shows the helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi taking off at the Iranian border with Azerbaijan after the inauguration of the dam of Qiz Qalasi, in Aras. A helicopter in the convoy of the Iranian president was involved in "an accident" in East Azerbaijan province on May 19, state televsion reported, without specifying if the president was on board. (Photo by AFP)

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on board a helicopter in the Jolfa region of the western province of East Azerbaijan. Photo by IRINN / AFP

Ebrahim Raisi

Vice President Mohammad Mokhber. Photo by Iranian Vice-Presidency/AFP FILE PIX

An Iranian man watches the news on TV in a restaurant in Tehran as state TV reported that a helicopter carrying Iran's president was involved in "an accident" in poor weather conditions. Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP

Uncertainty looms over Iran as conflicting reports emerge about President Ebrahim Raisi's fate following a helicopter crash, with his confirmed death potentially triggering significant political changes within the country. AP photo.

Ebrahim Raisi.