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What Raisi’s Death Means for Iran’s Future

Foreign Policy Live

Foreign Policy

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.1622 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Tehran has announced that it will hold elections on June 28 after President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Who might win, and what would that mean for Iranian politics—both at home and abroad? Iran experts Karim Sadjadpour and Robin Wright join FP’s Ravi Agrawal to discuss.  Suggested reading: Robin Wright: What Raisi’s Death Means for the Future of Iran  Ali Vaez and Hamidreza Azizi: Why Iran Believes It’s Winning Against Israel Jack Detsch: What Raisi’s Death Means for Iran’s Future Raphael S. Cohen: The Iran-Israel War Is Just Getting Started Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the show. On Sunday, Iranians were jolted by some shocking news. A helicopter carrying their president, foreign minister, and several other officials had crash-landed in a

0:52.9

remote mountainous area.

0:55.0

Within a day, it emerged there were no survivors.

0:58.1

President Ibrahim Raeisi was dead.

1:01.1

The accident has plunged Iranian politics into turmoil.

1:04.9

Now, you could say that Raeci was only the second most powerful person in Iran,

1:09.6

but he was seen by many observers as the

1:12.5

likeliest successor to the country's supreme leader, Ali Khomeini, who is 85 years old and

1:18.9

believed to be in poor health. Raisi was just 63. The Iran is moving quickly. It named its

1:25.6

vice president, Muhammad Mokber, as its acting president,

1:29.2

and announced that it will hold elections on the 28th of June. And the accident comes at a tricky

1:34.9

moment. Iran is locked in a shadow war with Israel, and just last month launched its first

1:40.8

ever direct attack on that country. At home, Iran faces growing anger at the

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