Iran to hold presidential election on June 28

“The election calendar was approved at the meeting of the heads of the judiciary, government, and parliament,” state television said.

“According to the initial agreement of the Guardian Council, it was decided that the 14th presidential election will be held on June 28.”

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who wields ultimate power in Iran, declared five days of mourning and said vice president Mohammad Mokhber, 68, would assume interim presidential duties until elections are held within 50 days.

Iranians on Monday mourned the death of president Ebrahim Raisi whose helicopter crashed into a fog-shrouded mountain, setting off a period of political uncertainty in the Islamic republic.

Raisi, 63, his foreign minister and seven others died when the aircraft went down on Sunday in a remote area of northwestern Iran, where the wreckage was only found on Monday morning.