LIVE📌some updates about Iran President Ebrahim Raisi's death ¹ ²:
📌 *Death Confirmation*: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, May 20, 2024.
📌 *Cause of the Crash*: The cause of the crash was unclear. Iranian officials said fog and bad weather in the area slowed rescuers' response.
-📌*Other Casualties*: There were no survivors among the nine people on board, who also included Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
📌*New President*: First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber has been named interim president, while Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani will serve as acting foreign minister.
-📌*Condolences*: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his condolences to Iran's vice president, who is now acting president, over the deaths of Raisi and Amir-Abdollahian.
""Iran's neighbors, including Azerbaijan, Pakistan, and Iraq, have also offered condolences.
China and Russia, both of which have been forging closer ties with Iran, expressed their condolences over Raisi’s death.
Arab leaders, including Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, have offered their condolences to Iran.
Iran is likely to enter a “tumultuous period” following the crash of the helicopter carrying the country’s President Ebrahim Raisi.
The power struggle between different factions in the Islamic republic is surely going to heighten now.
There might be occasions for popular protests against, as, as there often is when there's a political crisis.
Iranian policy is unlikely to change with Raisi's death as the real power lies with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Three principles have essentially guided the country since the Islamic revolution in 1979. Internally, maintaining the principles of that revolution remains at the forefront of political thinking.
Tehran does not officially recognize Israel’s existence and has long championed the Palestinian cause, so that is also unlikely to change.
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