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Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei named a new acting head of government on Monday, as the country prepared to hold a memorial service for president Ebrahim Raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash. Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were among nine who died when their helicopter crashed in Irans mountainous north-west during bad weather. Khamenei described Raisi as tireless and said Iranians had lost a valuable and sincere person. He ordered five days of national mourning. New elections to be held Khamenei named First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as acting