Search results
After Ali Khamenei, What’s Next in Iran?
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoKhamenei’s own ascent to Iran’s supreme leadership may prove instructive. The once-fringe figure was not the first choice of revolutionary leader ...
What the Death of Iran's President Really Means
Politico via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe fatal helicopter crash will accelerate a transition already underway to a faction that is eager to complete the country’s nuclear weapons program.
How Iran selects its supreme leader − a political scientist and Iran expert explains
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe late President Ebrahim Raisi was supposedly being groomed to succeed an aging Ali Khamenei. The...
Ebrahim Raisi’s mantra was the security of the people
The Economist· 6 days agoAs the helicopter rose through the misting clouds, Ebrahim Raisi stared sombrely out of the window....
Iran's Center of Power Shifts From ‘Clerical Slippers to Combat Boots’
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 7 days ago(Bloomberg) -- The death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi raises a serious question about the...
Mourners begin days of funerals for Iran's president and others killed in helicopter crash
San Francisco Chronicle· 7 days agoFor Iran's Shiite theocracy, mass demonstrations have been crucial since millions thronged the...
Secretive Son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Quietly Wields Power After President’s Death
The Wall Street Journal· 7 days agoAs the death of President Ebrahim Raisi brings forward urgent questions surrounding the leadership...
Ebrahim Raisi: Who was the Iranian president killed in fiery helicopter crash?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHe was a teenager when the country’s popular revolution established Iran as a theocracy, but he...
Some Iranians worry about who will replace Raisi
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 days agoConcerns are growing among some people in Iran about who will replace Ebrahim Raisi as president of the Islamic republic after his death in a helicopter...
Iran's supreme leader leads prayers at Raisi funeral
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 days agoFor Iran’s Shiite theocracy, mass demonstrations have been crucial to demonstrating the legitimacy of their leadership since millions thronged the...