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Explained: How Iran avoided power vacuum after Raisi plane crash

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Iranian cleric Ebrahim Raisi holds a press conference at the Interior Ministry building in Tehran, Iran on April 14, 2017. [AFP]

The sudden demise of the eighth president of Iran, Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, in the hilly northwestern side of the country on Sunday, May 19 has left a funeral to conduct and a succession to manage.

The three-day funeral rights for Raisi, Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and their colleagues are underway and will culminate in their interment on Thursday, May 23.

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