JUST IN: Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi is confirmed dead after rescuers reached the crash site.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 20, 2024
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is also dead.
The discovery came after a long night of searching in freezing conditions.
Shortly before the discovery, Iranian Red… pic.twitter.com/OXdqD0GTll
From the New York Times:BREAKING: The official announcement of the death of Iran President Raisi at the shrine of Imam Reza pic.twitter.com/cLOsMCUECH
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) May 20, 2024
Ebrahim Raisi, 63, a hard-line religious cleric, was elected president of Iran in 2021. In his tenure as president, he has overseen a strategy to expand his country’s regional influence — backing militant proxies across the Middle East, expediting the country’s nuclear program and bringing the country to the brink of war with Israel. But in the same period, Iran experienced some of its largest antigovernment protests in decades and a severe economic downturn driven by international sanctions and high unemployment. Mr. Raisi has been seen as a possible successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, the highest political and religious position in the Islamic republic.Ebrahim Raisi will not be Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's successor. Here's an interesting prediction:
Tony Blinken will be playing his guitar at Raisi's funeral next week.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 20, 2024
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