Iran Presidential Election 2025. On june 28, iran held the first round of voting to elect a new president, necessitated by the death of ebrahim raisi in a helicopter. Thirteenth election in iran the 13th iranian.

Questions are arising regarding who would immediately succeed iran’s president ebrahim raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash on sunday. Iran’s presidential election was originally scheduled for 2025 but was brought forward by the death of ultraconservative president raisi in a may helicopter crash.