The commanders of the army and the IRGC met with the families of the victims of the President's flight

The constitution states that the acting president will then jointly with the heads of parliament and the judiciary oversee an election for a new president within a maximum of 50 days. Iran’s veteran nuclear negotiator and deputy foreign minister, Ali Baqeri Kani, was also named as the acting foreign minister, a government spokesman said. He can serve in the post for a maximum of three months before a permanent replacement must be nominated and approved by parliament.