TEHRAN: The vice President of Iran Muhammad Mokhber will be the interim President following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi.
The 68-years old Vice President Muhammad Mokhber , as per the constitution will take charge of presidential duties until the election.
Mokhber became first vice president in 2021 when Ebrahim Raisi was elected President, as interim president, Mokhber is part of a three-person council, along with the speaker of parliament and the head of the judiciary, that will organize a new presidential election within 50 days of the president’s death.
He was born on Sep1,1955, like Raisi he also seen as close associate to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has the last say in all matters of state. Mokhber became first vice president in 2021 when Raisi was elected president.
Mokhber was part of a team of Iranian officials who visited Moscow in October and agreed to supply surface-to surface missiles and more drones to Russia’s military, sources told Reuters at the time. The team also included two senior officials from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and a n officials from the Supreme National Security Council
In 2010, the European Union included Mokhber on a list of individuals and entities it was sanctioning for alleged involvement in “nuclear or ballistic missile activities”. Two years later, it removed him from the list.
