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20 May 2024 –

First vice president of Iran Mohammad Mokhber becomes acting president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi. (Al Jazeera)

19 May 2024 – 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash

A Bell 212 helicopter crashes in Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, killing all the eight people on board, including President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. (AP)

17 May 2024 –

Iranian police arrest more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading Satanism and nudity in Iran. (ABC News)

9 May 2024 – Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Iran–Israel relations

Iran warns that it will build a nuclear weapon if Israel continues to target its nuclear facilities. (Al Jazeera)

2 May 2024 – Syrian civil war

Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war

Several people are injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Damascus, Syria, the first since the attack on the Iranian consulate in April. (The Jerusalem Post)