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Iran’s President Is Dead. Experts Explains What Happens Now

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🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, questions remain over the future of Iran and stability in an already unstable region. Raisi, Iran’s highest elected official since August 2021, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were killed in a helicopter crash Sunday.  Now, Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, has been appointed as acting president. What does Raisi’s death mean for the future of Iran and how could this affect growing tensions in the Middle East? The director of the Allison Center for National Security at The Heritage Foundation, Robert Greenway, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, May 21st. I'm Virginia Allen.

0:11.3

Following the death of Iran's president, questions remain

0:14.8

over the future of the nation and stability within the region. Iran's highest

0:19.8

elected official and its foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash over the weekend.

0:25.4

Now, Iran's first vice president has been appointed as the acting president.

0:30.4

So what exactly do these events mean for the future of Iran and how could this affect growing

0:35.8

tensions within the Middle East? The director of the Allison Center for National Security at the

0:40.4

Heritage Foundation Robert Greenway joins us here in just a moment to explain.

0:45.0

Stay tuned for our conversation right after this.

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Prior to his work at the Heritage Foundation, Robert Greenway served on the National Security Council and a senior intelligence officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency.

1:30.0

Robert is also a veteran of the United States Army Special Forces with six combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.

1:38.0

Rob, thank you so much for being with us today.

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Welcome back to the show.

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