Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and International Minister Hossein Amir-Abdullahian have been discovered useless on Monday after their helicopter crashed as a consequence of a “technical fault”. Search and rescue groups combed the mountainous, forested space close to the city of Jolfa for a number of hours earlier than discovering the helicopter. There have been no survivors.
Raisi was a “radical” conservative who gained a unfavorable status for his position in public executions and repression of peaceable dissent in Iran. In 1988, he was appointed to the “Demise Fee” by then-Supreme Chief Ruhollah Khomeini, a bunch that reportedly executed hundreds of prisoners who have been buried in unmarked mass graves. She has confronted criticism from Iranian girls and Westerners for ordering strict enforcement of the hijab coverage; Whereas girls throughout Iran more and more refused to put on the hijab in public, Raisi’s authorities tried to enact legal guidelines to punish girls with out the hijab.
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Raisi was additionally seen as a possible successor to Iran’s present supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whilst some Iranians at house and overseas have been calling for an finish to the Shiite clerical rule.
Given the rising tensions between Iran and Israel — just lately culminating in an Israeli assault on an Iranian consulate in Syria and Iran’s counterattack on Israel — some are theorizing that Israel could have had one thing to do with Raisi’s loss of life. Others are speculating that the accident could have been an inside job to clear the way in which for Khamenei’s son Mojtaba Khamenei to grow to be supreme chief.
Iran’s Khamenei harassed that there could be “no disruption” in Iran’s state affairs. He has already introduced Mohammad Mokhbar as performing president and stated that, in line with Iran’s structure, elections for a brand new president can be held inside 50 days.
