Iran's government on Monday appointed the country's veteran nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani as acting foreign minister, after the death of his predecessor Hossein Amirabdollahian in a helicopter crash, which also killed President Ebrahim Raisi. Bagheri Kani has been named acting foreign minister while also serving as foreign ministry undersecretary for at least three months until a new foreign minister is appointed, state-run IRNA news agency cited government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi as saying. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, along with his foreign minister were killed on Sunday when a helicopter transporting them crashed in a mountainous area near the border with Azerbaijan. Source: Kuwait News Agency
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