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How Iran selects its supreme leader − a political scientist and Iran expert explains
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoThe late President Ebrahim Raisi was supposedly being groomed to succeed an aging Ali Khamenei. The...
How Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi earned 'Butcher of Tehran' nickname
Daily Express· 3 days agoAfter Iran’s then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini accepted a UN-brokered cease-fire,...
What the Death of Iran's President Really Means
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe fatal helicopter crash will accelerate a transition already underway to a faction that is eager to complete the country’s nuclear weapons program.
Ebrahim Raisi’s mantra was the security of the people
The Economist· 20 hours agoAs the helicopter rose through the misting clouds, Ebrahim Raisi stared sombrely out of the window....
Iran's Ebrahim Raisi: The hardline cleric who became president
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhile a student he took part in protests against the Western-backed Shah, who was eventually toppled...
Raisi death reshapes Iran succession, puts focus on Khamenei son
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe death in a helicopter crash of president Ebrahim Raisi, seen as a possible successor to supreme...
Is it Time to Plan a No-Fly Zone over Iranian Kurdistan?
The National Interest· 18 hours agoEbrahim Raisi’s sudden death last weekend renewed attention to the Iranian succession question....
President Ebrahim Raisi's mixed legacy in Iran
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn the 1980s, Raisi was appointed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to be a member of a committee that dealt...
Iran's Center of Power Shifts From ‘Clerical Slippers to Combat Boots’
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 1 day ago(Bloomberg) -- The death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi raises a serious question about the...
Salman Rushdie says a new Palestinian state would be ‘Taliban-like’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe attack occurred 33 years after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then the leader of Iran, issued a...
