Through the Arab countries, Iran has warned the United States that it will attack American military bases in the region if it intervenes in the situation with Israel. And Joe Biden said that Tehran will not succeed.

Special forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps captured a cargo ship belonging to Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer in the Strait of Hormuz. This ship was traveling from UAE to India.

Israel launched an attack on the city of Isfahan, which is home to Iran's nuclear facilities and a military base where F14 aircraft are stored. The attack was repelled by Iran's defense systems. There are no casualties.

The Iranian government has released seven crew members, including five Indians, from the captured MCS Aries. The MCS Aries container ship was seized by Iranian commandos in the Strait of Hormuz on April 13.

Seven people were killed in a flood caused by heavy rains in the Iranian city of Mashhad. Mohsen Daveri, head of Mashhad Municipality, said that at least 250 families affected by the flood have been evacuated to safer areas of the city. A total of 150 houses in the city were damaged by the flood. 12 people are missing.

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed his condolences to the Supreme Religious Leader of this country, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in connection with the death of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ibrahim Raisi and the persons accompanying him as a result of the tragedy that occurred in the north of Iran.

After the death of Ibrahim Raisi, for the first time in the history of Iran, his vice-president, 68-year-old Mohammad Mokhber, writes Al-Arabiya. He will become one of the members of the three-member State Council, which will make decisions together with the head of the Ministry of Justice and the Speaker of the Parliament. However, the last word, as before, remains with the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei.

In connection with the death of the President of Iran Ibrahim Raisi as a result of a helicopter crash, 5 days of mourning were announced in the country. Also, national mourning was announced in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, India, Pakistan and Tajikistan.

The helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahiyan lost their lives raises many questions. So far, no official statement has been made about how and why the incident happened. Experts say that flight protocols were not fully followed.

The publication Politico wrote that the US administration closely monitored the search and rescue operation, fearing that Tehran would blame Washington for the crash of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. The White House also asked questions about how this crash could change the situation in the Middle East.