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Iran’s Raisi, close to the supreme leader, was a harsh critic of the West
South China Morning Post· 7 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's President Raisi took hard line with national protests and nuclear talks
Reuters via Yahoo News· 7 days agoRaisi died when a helicopter carrying him back from a visit to the Azerbaijani border crashed in...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for brutal crackdowns against political opposition, dies at...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for enforcing brutal crackdowns on political opposition and...
Ebrahim Raisi: Who was Iran’s hardline president?
Reuters· 6 days agoEbrahim Raisi, who died aged 63, rose through Iran's theocracy from hardline prosecutor to uncompromising president, overseeing a crackdown on protests...
Air Weapons: Russian Predator Appears
Strategy Page· 4 days agoFebruary 18, 2021: Russia now has an armed Predator-type UAV called Orion, a one-ton UAV with a 200 kg payload and 24-hour endurance. The Russian missile is the S-5Kor, which ...
Iran's Center of Power Shifts From ‘Clerical Slippers to Combat Boots’
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 5 days ago(Bloomberg) -- The death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi raises a serious question about the...
Rescuers Found No Signs of Life at Iran Crash Site: Full Story
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 6 days ago(Bloomberg) -- Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, widely seen as a candidate to become the country’s...
Iran’s new leaders stand at a nuclear precipice
The Economist· 6 days agoON MAY 6TH Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), travelled to Tehran and met Hossein Amirabdollahian,...
After Raisi’s Death, Hard-Liners Are Expected to Keep Grip on Power
New York Times· 6 days agoThe death in a helicopter crash of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, disrupts a careful effort at a...
The D Brief: Gaza mediators’ frustration; Ukraine’s latest plea; War-in-space race; China tapping...
Defense One· 5 days agoMeet the frustrated negotiators seeking an end to war in Gaza: Five months after mediating a weeklong ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Qatar’s top diplomat confessed his ...