Sayyid Ebrahim Rаisi [a] (14 December 1960 – 19 May 2024), better known as Ebrahim Raisi, [b] was an Iranian politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.

May 20, 2024 · Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash, the government has confirmed. Follow for live updates.

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 in a helicopter crash according to state media on Monday, May 20, 2024.

Mar 28, 2025 · Ebrahim Raisi was an Iranian cleric, prosecutor, and politician who served as Iran’s head of the judiciary (2019–21) and later as the country’s president (2021–24). He received a religious education on the eve of the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

May 20, 2024 · Mr. Raisi’s presidency was shaped by two major events: the 2022 nationwide uprising, led by women and girls, demanding the end to the Islamic Republic’s rule and the government’s brutal ...

May 20, 2024 · Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for enforcing brutal crackdowns on political opposition and seen as a potential successor to the supreme leader, has died in a helicopter crash landing in...

May 20, 2024 · Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi dead at 63 Iran's ultraconservative president, killed in a helicopter crash, oversaw a crackdown on women's protests and was linked to extrajudicial killings in...

The U.S. Treasury in 2019 sanctioned Raisi “for his administrative oversight over the executions of individuals who were juveniles at the time of their crime and the torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of prisoners in Iran, including amputations.”

May 20, 2024 · Ebrahim Raisi, who died aged 63, rose through Iran's theocracy from hardline prosecutor to uncompromising president, overseeing a crackdown on protests at home and pushing hard in nuclear talks...

May 19, 2024 · Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash, state media reported Monday.