Following the death of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and his colleagues in a helicopter crash, the first vice-president has taken charge as the interim president.
The Iranian Constitution states that the first vice president takes over temporarily in the event of the death or major illness of the incumbent president for 50 days.
Mohammed Mokhber, who served as Raisi’s first deputy since 2021, has taken over as the acting president for 50 days, in line with the constitutional requirement.
Holding a PhD in international law, Mokhber was born in the city of Dezful in the southern province of Khuzestan in 1955. He rose through the ranks to assume social and political roles, according to Press TV.
Mokhber served as the head of Setad, an investment fund for 14 years between 2007 and 2021.
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