JERUSALEM (AP) – Iran’s president’s death is unlikely to cause immediate changes in the ruling system or policies, which are determined by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash Sunday, was a potential candidate to succeed the 85-year-old supreme leader. His death increases the likelihood of Khamenei’s son becoming […]
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Bad weather is suspected to have caused a helicopter crash in northwest Iran, killing Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister, and all other passengers. Rescue teams discovered the burned wreckage on Monday, over 12 hours after the incident. An Iranian official confirmed, “President Raisi, the foreign minister, and all passengers in the helicopter were killed […]