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2 June 2024 – Syrian civil war Syrian state media reports that a number of people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes near Aleppo , including an Iranian military advisor. (Reuters) (Associated Press) 2 June 2024 – 2024 Iranian presidential election Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that he intends to run for president again following the death of Ebrahim Raisi . Ahmadinejad has been rejected from running in the two previous presidential elections. (ABC News Australia)
30 May 2024 – OpenAI removes online influence operations based in Russia , China , Iran , and Israel , due to the usage of AI by these operations to generate propaganda and fake content. (NPR) 29 May 2024 – Amnesty International says that the number of executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest since 2015 and up more than 30% from 2022, with Iran carrying out 74% of the global total. The figures exclude China , because execution numbers are considered a state secret. (BBC News) 20 May 2024 – First vice president of Iran Mohammad Mokhber becomes acting president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi . (Al Jazeera) 19 May 2024 – 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash A Bell 212 helicopter crashes in Varzaqan , East Azerbaijan province , Iran , killing all the eight people on board, including President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian . (AP)
