![Dmitry Astakhov FILE - Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber meets with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, on the sidelines of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member States in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 25, 2023. Iran’s supreme leader appointed Mokhber as country’s acting president Monday, May 20, 2024, after a helicopter crash killed President Ebrahim Raisi. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/18aabc1d9cfc40c7b17841d116b14861/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber meets with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, on the sidelines of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member States in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 25, 2023. Iran’s supreme leader appointed Mokhber as country’s acting president Monday, May 20, 2024, after a helicopter crash killed President Ebrahim Raisi. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
![Vahid Salemi People pray for President Ebrahim Raisi in a ceremony at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/234b3f3da6bb43c49e6209cbfc99e600/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People pray for President Ebrahim Raisi in a ceremony at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
![Dmitry Astakhov Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, right, and Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber shake hands during their meeting on the sidelines of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member States in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ff556493ac534be981a6fdf31d8d7820/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, right, and Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber shake hands during their meeting on the sidelines of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member States in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
![Dmitry Astakhov FILE - Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber poses for a photo ahead of the Second Caspian Economic Forum outside Moscow, Russia, Oct. 6, 2022. Iran’s supreme leader appointed Mokhber as country’s acting president Monday, May 20, 2024, after a helicopter crash killed President Ebrahim Raisi. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/80eaebb253374dc9a6208773848cac0e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber poses for a photo ahead of the Second Caspian Economic Forum outside Moscow, Russia, Oct. 6, 2022. Iran’s supreme leader appointed Mokhber as country’s acting president Monday, May 20, 2024, after a helicopter crash killed President Ebrahim Raisi. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)