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How Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi earned 'Butcher of Tehran' nickname
Daily Express· 2 days agoThe executions, which saw sham retrials of political prisoners, militants, and others, would become...
Who is Mohammad Mokhber, appointed Iran's acting president after helicopter crash?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIran's first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber was appointed acting president of the Islamic Republic...
Grief, but also relief for some, after Iran President Raisi dies in helicopter crash
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe death of President Ebrahim Raisi was greeted with grief and relief in Iran after he was...
How did Iran's president end up on half-century-old US-made helicopter?
Euronews via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe US-made Bell 212 that crashed on Sunday with President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein...
Iranian president and foreign minister confirmed dead in chopper crash
Daily Mirror· 2 days agoWho was Ebrahim Raisi? Ebrahim Raisi a hard-liner who formerly led the country's judiciary, was...
Iran crash: President Raisi’s death leaves Tehran mourning loss of regime loyalist
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBefore becoming president in 2021, Raisi held various positions inside the judiciary under the...
The one thing US fears after Iranian president’s death
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA former member of the medical corps of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps during the...
Watch: Iranians Break Into Celebration as Notoriously Brutal President Is Confirmed Dead
IJR· 1 day agoAs official mourning for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was declared by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, other Iranians at home and abroad celebrated his death. Early Monday, rescue teams found ...
Fireworks in Tehran
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoBut it's not like Raisi (nicknamed the "butcher of Tehran" for his role in ordering executions following the Iran-Iraq war) had been ...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for brutal crackdowns against political opposition, dies at...
TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRaisi was sometimes notably referred to as the “Butcher of Tehran,” as activists accused him of...