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Iran’s Raisi, close to the supreme leader, was a harsh critic of the West
South China Morning Post· 6 days agoIran’s hardliners had been emboldened by the chaotic US military withdrawal from neighbouring Afghanistan and policy swings in Washington. In 2018, then-US president Donald ...
Iran crash: President Raisi’s death leaves Tehran mourning loss of regime loyalist
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFaced with increased U.S. sanctions, Iran under Raisi has been reluctant to revive the nuclear deal....
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-line diplomat, dies in helicopter crash
Stamford Advocate· 6 days agoAmirabdollahian represented the hard-line shift in Iran after the collapse of Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers after then-U.S.
Helicopter crash kills Raisi: Are sanctions behind Iran’s aviation crisis?
Al Jazeera· 5 days agoSix other people in the helicopter, including crew members, were also killed. The United...
Glenn Greenwald and Alan Dershowitz debate bombing Iran
Reason.com· 1 day agoProfessor and legal scholar Alan Dershowitz and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Glenn Greenwald debate the resolution, "The U.S. should strike Iran's nuclear< ...
Iran President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader’s protégé, dies at 63 in helicopter crash
WBKO Bowling Green· 6 days agoRaisi, a hard-line protégé of the country’s supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels ...
Death of Iran's president has delayed talks with IAEA, Grossi says
Reuters· 3 days ago"They are in a mourning period which I need to respect," International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...
Aggression or Caution: The Choice Facing Iran’s Next Leaders
New York Times· 5 days agoDavid E. Sanger has covered Iran’s nuclear program, and its challenge to the West, for nearly 30...
Ebrahim Raisi, ‘the Butcher of Tehran’, hardline prosecutor who became Iran’s president – obituary
Daily Telegraph· 5 days agoPresident Rouhani had advocated re-engagement with the West, but failed to deliver economic renewal...
Who Is Mohammad Mokhber? Iran gets new temporary leader after Raisi's death
Newsweek· 5 days agoIran interim President Mohammad Mokhber is close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and has...