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Iran president death latest: Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral procession underway as US says he had ‘blood on...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn his response, he noted that the US had made similar statements after the deaths of other leaders...
Secretive Son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Quietly Wields Power After President’s Death
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoAs the death of President Ebrahim Raisi brings forward urgent questions surrounding the leadership...
How Iran selects its supreme leader − a political scientist and Iran expert explains
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe late President Ebrahim Raisi was supposedly being groomed to succeed an aging Ali Khamenei. The...
Iran's Raisi: ultraconservative president close to supreme leader
AFP via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAlways piously dressed in a black turban and religious robe, Iran's ultraconservative President...
Iran Moves to Project Stability After Crash Kills Key Leaders
New York Times· 6 days agoThe change in leadership came at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East and domestic...
Iran’s Leaders Aim to Show They Aren’t Isolated at Presidential Funeral
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoSupreme Leader Ali Khamenei led the funeral prayers. Amir-Abdollahian will be buried in ...leaders...
Iran begins burying late president, foreign minister and others killed in helicopter crash
KSBW Salinas· 3 days agoIran on Thursday prepared to inter its late president at the holiest site for Shiite Muslims in the...
Iran's Ebrahim Raisi: The hardline cleric who became president
BBC via AOL· 7 days agoAs judiciary chief, Mr Raisi implemented reforms that led to a reduction in the number of people...
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 ...
Who was Ebrahim Raisi? The hardline Iranian president with a vice-like grip on power
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEbrahim Raisi, Iran’s hardline president, quickly ascended the ranks of the Islamic Republic and...