Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced a five day period of mourning following the discovery of wreckage on hillside.
Iran ian President Ebrahim Raisi , who was killed when his helicopter crashed on May 19, 2024 in a mountainous border region, was a consummate loyalist whose passing will be a severe blow to the country’s conservative leadership.
Before becoming president in 2021, Raisi held various positions inside the judiciary under the purview of the supreme leader. As a prosecutor, and at the end of the Iran-Iraq War in 1988, he sat on the committee that sentenced thousands of political prisoners to death. A checkered domestic record Domestically, Raisi’s presidency was both the cause and consequence of a legitimacy crisis and societal chaos for the regime.
Confrontation over rapprochement Domestic turmoil under Raisi’s presidency was accompanied by shifts in Iran’s regional and international role. Raisi also continued the “Look to the East” policy of his predecessor, Hassan Rouhani. To this end, he and his government pursued greater rapprochement with China.
This balance was momentarily disrupted when the Islamic Republic directly attacked Israel with drones and missiles for the first time in history in April in retaliation for a strike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus.
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