Iranian President and Foreign Minister Killed in Helicopter Crash |
 https://daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-20T002427Z_286456576_RC2HT7AAXL8R_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-SECURITY-PRESIDENT-768x488.jpg 768w, https://daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-20T002427Z_286456576_RC2HT7AAXL8R_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-SECURITY-PRESIDENT-600x381.jpg 600w, https://daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-20T002427Z_286456576_RC2HT7AAXL8R_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-SECURITY-PRESIDENT-450x286.jpg 450w, https://daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-20T002427Z_286456576_RC2HT7AAXL8R_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-SECURITY-PRESIDENT.jpg 910w" alt="" width="400" height="auto" />New York Times: President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran was killed along with the country’s foreign minister in a helicopter crash on Sunday in the country’s mountainous northwest, state news media reported on Monday, leaving the country without two of its most influential figures at a time of heightened foreign tensions and domestic discontent. The death of Mr. Raisi, a conservative who violently crushed dissent and was widely viewed as a possible successor to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, comes during a particularly tumultuous period for Iran (New York Times). Though the deaths will surely be tumultuous, little is expected to change in Iran. The power is held by the Supreme Leader. Still: “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 currently the Executive Director of the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), said, “It would have no strategic impact, just that it would be less of a headache in choosing the next president” (JPost). |
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"The death of Mr. Raisi, a conservative who violently crushed dissent and was widely viewed as a possible successor to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, comes during a particularly tumultuous period for Iran"
"Mr. Raisi, a conservative who violently crushed dissent" a "CONSERVATIVE who violently crushed dissent" is conservative being redefined?