Iran has ruled out sabotage or electronic warfare as the cause of the helicopter crash that resulted in the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and their entourage. The announcement, made Wednesday by the General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, follows the release of their second detailed report on the incident. … Read more
Iran started registration of candidates on Thursday for an early election next month following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi told state TV. Once seen as a possible successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s aging ultimate decision-maker, Raisi’s sudden death has triggered a … Read more
The United States will boycott a United Nations tribute on Thursday to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed earlier this month in a helicopter crash, a US official said. The 193-member UN General Assembly traditionally meets to pay tribute to any world leader who was a sitting head of state at the time … Read more
Iran fires the starting gun this week on an election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, whose death in a helicopter crash could complicate efforts by the authorities to manage a task of even greater consequence – the succession to the supreme leader. Once seen as a possible successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s aging … Read more
The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on May 19 in a helicopter accident occurred at a sensitive time in the history of the Islamic revolution. The country has been experiencing feelings of superiority inherent in Iran’s Shi’ite heritage, a concentration of power in the hands of conservative ideological circles, and regional empowerment coupled … Read more
First the cunning: Europe is still holding out hope that it can somehow resurrect the failed nuclear deal with Iran that relaxed sanctions on Tehran in return for allowing international inspections of its atomic activities. To keep the door open, European leaders, whose countries also stand to benefit from a resumption of trade with Iran, … Read more
In 1942, German playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht wrote a short poem entitled “On Hearing that a Great Statesman Has Fallen Ill.” The poem goes: “If the indispensable man frowns – two empires quake. If the indispensable man dies – the world looks around like a mother without milk for her child. And if … Read more
Having learned of a local farmers’ revolt in Massachusetts, Thomas Jefferson jotted one of the most memorable statements about revolution: “The tree of liberty must from time to time be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants,” wrote the future president. Written in Paris in 1787, Jefferson’s insight soon proved prophetic when the … Read more
In the event that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died or has been severely incapacitated in a helicopter crash, “it would be hard to find someone worse,” former IDF intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. In terms of the impact on the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, Hayman, who is … Read more
Following the announcement of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi’s death by Iranian state-backed media and government officials, several world leaders and heads of terrorist organizations expressed condolences on Monday morning. Iran-backed terrorist organization Hamas released a statement saying, “We express our shared feelings of grief and pain with the brotherly Iranian people” while expressing solidarity … Read more
