Iran names chief nuclear negotiator Bagheri Kani acting FM

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