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President of Iran is Dan.

So says the official sources from Tehran,

the headline in the London Financial Times,

Ron's President Ibrahim Raisey dead in the helicopter crash.

I welcome Benham Bentale-Blue of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, a senior

fellow, to comment on who Raise was, what he represented in his presidency, how he

served the regime, and then what is to be done, his successor and how it

will influence also choices for other leadership roles, including

that of the Supreme Leader eventually.

Benham, a very good evening to you.

Iran's President Abraham Maraisi has died in a helicopter crash and what we're

told is a very remote region under very poor conditions. There are

conspiracy theories already. I mentioned a few of them because they're coming

up in the London reporting. One is that Israel has said it had nothing to do with the

death of Iranian President Abraham Rahisi.

That's published in the telegraph.

Another is that the US is blamed because the helicopter was ancient from I believe the

the Palabi regime of some 40 or 50 years ago and that

Iran has had difficulty with parts for replacing its fleet that is largely American

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