Iranians gather at Valiasr Square in central Tehran to mourn the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash the previous day, on May 20, 2024. Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi was confirmed dead on May 20 after search and rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded mountain region, sparking mourning in the Islamic republic. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP Photo)





Mourners hold posters of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a funeral ceremony for him and his companions who were killed in a helicopter crash, in Tehran, on May 22, 2024. Raisi was confirmed dead along with his foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six others on May 20, 2024, after search and rescue teams found their crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded mountain region in Iran's East Azerbaijan province, sparking mourning in the Islamic republic. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP Photo)





In this photo released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center right with black turban, leads a prayer over the flag-draped coffins of the late President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions who were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday in a mountainous region of the country's northwest, at the Tehran University campus, during a funeral ceremony for them in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Photo by Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP Photo)





Iranian cleric Ahmad Akbari shows a portrait of the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash in May, at the conclusion of a press briefing after registering his name as candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 3, 2024. All candidates must be approved by Iran's 12-member Guardian Council, a panel of clerics and jurists ultimately overseen by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





Former Iranian lawmaker Hamideh Zarabadi leaves a press conference after registering as a candidate for the presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





Mohammad Hossein Aghamiri, an artist who specialises in Persian miniatures, works on one of his pieces depicting al-Fatiha, the first chapter of the Koran (Islam's holy book), at his workshop in Tehran on June 5, 2024. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP Photo)





An Iranian woman without wearing her mandatory Islamic headscarf flashes a victory sign as two head-to-toe veiled women walk at the old main bazaar of Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 13, 2024. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





Reformist candidate for Iran's June 28, presidential election Masoud Pezeshkian, bottom center, waves to media in his campaign meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 23, 2024. Iran's Guardian Council has approved six candidates to run in the election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash with seven other officials in May. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





A supporter of Masoud Pezeshkian, a candidate for the June 28 presidential election, holds symbols of his election during a Streetly campaign gathering in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Photo by Sobhan Farajvan/Pacific Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his vote during presidential elections in Tehran, Iran on June 28, 2024. (Photo by Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters)





A woman fills out her ballot during the Iranian presidential election in a polling station at the shrine of Saint Saleh in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 28, 2024. Iranians were voting Friday in a snap election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





A poster featuring presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian is displayed on a street in Tehran, Iran, on July 1, 2024. (Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





An Iranian woman displays her ink-stained finger after casting her ballot at a polling station in Qarchak Varamin southwestern of Tehran on July 5, 2024. Polls opened on July 5 for Iran's runoff presidential election, the interior ministry said, pitting reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili in the race to succeed Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a May helicopter crash. (Photo by Raheb Homavandi/AFP Photo)





Reformist presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises a clenched after casting his vote in the presidential election, outside a polling station in Shahr-e-Qods, Iran, July 5, 2024. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





Election officials count presidential election ballots at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, July 6, 2024. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





A supporter of Masoud Pezeshkian, the reformist candidate for Iran’s presidential election, attends a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran on July 6, 2024. (Photo by Sobhan Farajvan/Pacific Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Iranian Shi'ite Muslims perform a torch procession during a mourning ritual ahead of Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, in Tehran, Iran, on July 14, 2024. (Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





People attend a mourning ritual to commemorate Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein and his 72 loyal companions, who died at the battle of Karbala, during the month of Muharram on the Islamic calendar in Tehran, Iran on July 15, 2024. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Iranian Shi'ite Muslims attend a ceremony to mark Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, in Tehran, Iran on July 16, 2024 (Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





Iranian Shi'ite Muslims attend a ceremony to mark Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, in Tehran, Iran on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)